republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/151/hb-380.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE PUBLIC ATTORNEY STUDENT LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM.	According to a survey conducted by the American Bar Association, 90 percent of early-career lawyers have student loans, averaging $130,000. The same survey found that Black borrowers accumulated more debt to obtain their law degree compared to other borrowers of other racial/ethnic backgrounds, and that most young lawyers who borrowed for their education reported that their debt caused them to delay or forego pursuing traditional life milestones, such as purchasing a home, marriage, and starting a family. According to the survey, an overwhelming majority of borrowers – roughly 80 percent – indicated their debt influenced their choice of job or career in some way. Most borrowers reported that salary factored more heavily into their job selection than anticipated. Nearly a third of the sample indicated their position was less focused on public service or doing good than intended when they started law school.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	151	HB 380	Delaware HB 380 (151)	bill		enacted	Darius J. Brown Krista Griffith Kyle Evans Gay Trey Paradee	2	13	2	2022-03-31	2022-10-24	openstates	ocd-bill/83cf81c7-a445-49e2-8659-2b18f45509d4	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=99302	39e45527d88fe8c67a4be50e3de78131b60a081f9a105dbd90224994ef5d0876	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 380 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE PUBLIC ATTORNEY STUDENT LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM.

According to a survey conducted by the American Bar Association, 90 percent of early-career lawyers have student loans, averaging $130,000. The same survey found that Black borrowers accumulated more debt to obtain their law degree compared to other borrowers of other racial/ethnic backgrounds, and that most young lawyers who borrowed for their education reported that their debt caused them to delay or forego pursuing traditional life milestones, such as purchasing a home, marriage, and starting a family. According to the survey, an overwhelming majority of borrowers – roughly 80 percent – indicated their debt influenced their choice of job or career in some way. Most borrowers reported that salary factored more heavily into their job selection than anticipated. Nearly a third of the sample indicated their position was less focused on public service or doing good than intended when they started law school.

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 380 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 31–9 (pass) · lower
• SM — 17–4 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
• Krista Griffith — primary (person)
• Kyle Evans Gay — primary (person)
• Trey Paradee — primary (person)
• Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
• Ernesto B. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
• Larry Lambert — cosponsor (person)
• Marie Pinkney — cosponsor (person)
• Ronald E. Gray — cosponsor (person)
• Sherry Dorsey Walker — cosponsor (person)
• Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
• Stephen Smyk — cosponsor (person)
• William Bush — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-03-31 Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2022-04-07 Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 6 Favorable committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-04-07 Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2022-06-02 Amendment HA 1 to HB 380 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2022-06-09 Reported Out of Committee (Appropriations) in House with 6 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2022-06-16 Amendment HA 1 to HB 380 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2022-06-16 Passed By House. Votes: 31 YES 9 NO 1 ABSENT passage
• 2022-06-16 Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2022-06-22 Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 2 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
• 2022-06-29 Passed By Senate. Votes: 17 YES 4 NO passage
• 2022-10-24 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/83cf81c7-a445-49e2-8659-2b18f45509d4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).