republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/151/hb-481.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DELAWARE HIGHER EDUCATION OFFICE AND APPROVAL OF POSTSECONDARY INSTITUTIONS.	This Act will amend the Delaware Code relating to the powers of the Delaware Higher Education Office and the state authorization of private postsecondary institutions. The intent of the Act is to increase consumer protections for students enrolled in private postsecondary institutions as it relates to student loans, distance education, and predatory practices. The Act will also clarify the current functions of the Delaware Higher Education Office relating to student support for transitions into postsecondary education and execution of state financial aid programs through the elimination of functions that are no longer under the purview of the Delaware Higher Education Office. This Act establishes responsibilities for certain postsecondary institutions, private schools, and trade schools prior to ceasing operation.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	151	HB 481	Delaware HB 481 (151)	bill		enacted	Madinah Wilson-Anton Marie Pinkney Valerie Longhurst	1	7	2	2022-06-14	2022-08-04	openstates	ocd-bill/1124525d-4cfc-4ec1-bf3f-e0ffbb2c0fef	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=129700	f8fac17b0783db369c7dcf2d3fbd3b99151c3f4a0789a329160aeeb8a3fd17bd	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 481 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DELAWARE HIGHER EDUCATION OFFICE AND APPROVAL OF POSTSECONDARY INSTITUTIONS.

This Act will amend the Delaware Code relating to the powers of the Delaware Higher Education Office and the state authorization of private postsecondary institutions. The intent of the Act is to increase consumer protections for students enrolled in private postsecondary institutions as it relates to student loans, distance education, and predatory practices. The Act will also clarify the current functions of the Delaware Higher Education Office relating to student support for transitions into postsecondary education and execution of state financial aid programs through the elimination of functions that are no longer under the purview of the Delaware Higher Education Office. This Act establishes responsibilities for certain postsecondary institutions, private schools, and trade schools prior to ceasing operation.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 3/5 — 18–3 (pass) · upper
• 3/5 — 41–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Madinah Wilson-Anton — primary (person)
• Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
• Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
• Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
• Nicole Poore — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-06-14 Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2022-06-23 Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 1 Favorable, 9 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-06-28 Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES passage
• 2022-06-28 Assigned to Education Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2022-06-29 Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-06-30 Passed By Senate. Votes: 18 YES 3 NO passage
• 2022-08-04 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1124525d-4cfc-4ec1-bf3f-e0ffbb2c0fef. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).