republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/151/hb-315.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO FREE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.	This bill provides unit funding for full time employees who shall be hired to provide permanent substitute teaching support in Delaware schools. The bill also provides professional development requirements for those hired into these positions and creates a pathway to teaching to those individuals who meet the requirements for an emergency certificate.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	151	HB 315	Delaware HB 315 (151)	bill		enacted	Debra Heffernan Kimberly Williams Krista Griffith Laura V. Sturgeon Sherae'a Moore Sherry Dorsey Walker William Bush	2	15	2	2022-03-03	2022-08-04	openstates	ocd-bill/af214c98-8f36-4eca-a80d-c8577145b0bc	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=79164	c8341dfbf73cd77a7b5a0423152cb29c46ce275366bdda36cdf8d183a5e50ac5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 315 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO FREE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

This bill provides unit funding for full time employees who shall be hired to provide permanent substitute teaching support in Delaware schools. The bill also provides professional development requirements for those hired into these positions and creates a pathway to teaching to those individuals who meet the requirements for an emergency certificate.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source
2. HA 2 to HB 315 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

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

Sponsors

• Debra Heffernan — primary (person)
• Kimberly Williams — primary (person)
• Krista Griffith — primary (person)
• Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
• Sherae'a Moore — primary (person)
• Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
• William Bush — primary (person)
• Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
• Gerald W. Hocker — cosponsor (person)
• John "Jack" Walsh — cosponsor (person)
• John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
• Kyle Evans Gay — cosponsor (person)
• Marie Pinkney — cosponsor (person)
• Michael Ramone — cosponsor (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
• Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
• S. Elizabeth Lockman — cosponsor (person)
• Sarah McBride — cosponsor (person)
• Stephanie T. Bolden — cosponsor (person)
• Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
• Valerie Longhurst — cosponsor (person)
• William J. Carson — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-03-03 Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2022-03-23 Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 7 Favorable, 8 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-03-24 Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2022-06-10 Amendment HA 1 to HB 315 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2022-06-14 Reported Out of Committee (Appropriations) in House with 6 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2022-06-15 Amendment HA 2 to HB 315 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2022-06-16 Amendment HA 1 to HB 315 - Stricken in House
• 2022-06-16 Amendment HA 2 to HB 315 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2022-06-16 Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2022-06-16 Assigned to Education Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2022-06-22 Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-06-22 Assigned to Finance Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2022-06-28 Reported Out of Committee (Finance) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2022-07-01 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2022-08-04 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/af214c98-8f36-4eca-a80d-c8577145b0bc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).