republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/151/hb-304.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO READING COMPETENCY.	This Act recognizes advancements in the science of reading and literacy instruction by requiring that all public school students in kindergarten through grade 3 participate in a universal reading screening 3 times each year to identify potential reading deficiencies, including dyslexia, and allow for early intervention and prevention. The Department is tasked with compiling a list of reading screeners as well as literacy intervention approaches that are aligned with the science of reading that charter schools and districts may use. The Department will take into account the science of reading and evidence-based research in creating the list as well as the alignment of screeners and interventions with a multi-tiered system of support. The Department is also required to consider the burden on schools to administer screeners and the amenability of the screener to being incorporated into ongoing instruction.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	151	HB 304	Delaware HB 304 (151)	bill		enacted	Kimberly Williams Laura V. Sturgeon S. Elizabeth Lockman Sarah McBride	2	9	2	2022-03-24	2022-08-29	openstates	ocd-bill/f8777186-e561-49a7-9796-fe1501d3b784	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=89280	7787d8143bddcc26d51eeb0bbefcac9071a422128364769db0ce8376a9459e87	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 304 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO READING COMPETENCY.

This Act recognizes advancements in the science of reading and literacy instruction by requiring that all public school students in kindergarten through grade 3 participate in a universal reading screening 3 times each year to identify potential reading deficiencies, including dyslexia, and allow for early intervention and prevention. The Department is tasked with compiling a list of reading screeners as well as literacy intervention approaches that are aligned with the science of reading that charter schools and districts may use. The Department will take into account the science of reading and evidence-based research in creating the list as well as the alignment of screeners and interventions with a multi-tiered system of support. The Department is also required to consider the burden on schools to administer screeners and the amenability of the screener to being incorporated into ongoing instruction.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source
2. HA 1 to HB 304 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 21–0 (pass) · upper
• SM — 40–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Kimberly Williams — primary (person)
• Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
• S. Elizabeth Lockman — primary (person)
• Sarah McBride — primary (person)
• Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
• Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
• Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
• Bryan W. Shupe — cosponsor (person)
• Bryant L. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
• Colin Bonini — cosponsor (person)
• Darius J. Brown — cosponsor (person)
• Dave G. Lawson — cosponsor (person)
• David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
• David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
• Debra Heffernan — cosponsor (person)
• Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
• Ernesto B. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
• Gerald W. Hocker — cosponsor (person)
• John "Jack" Walsh — cosponsor (person)
• John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
• Kendra Johnson — cosponsor (person)
• Kyle Evans Gay — cosponsor (person)
• Marie Pinkney — cosponsor (person)
• Nicole Poore — cosponsor (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
• Spiros Mantzavinos — cosponsor (person)
• Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
• Trey Paradee — cosponsor (person)
• Valerie Longhurst — cosponsor (person)
• William Bush — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2022-03-24 Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2022-04-14 Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 8 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-05-10 Amendment HA 1 to HB 304 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2022-05-12 Amendment HA 1 to HB 304 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2022-05-12 Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2022-05-12 Assigned to Education Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2022-05-18 Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 4 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-06-21 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2022-08-29 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f8777186-e561-49a7-9796-fe1501d3b784. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).