republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/151/sb-117.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO EDUCATION AND PURPLE STAR SCHOOLS.	This bill allows schools and school districts to submit an application to the Department of Education to have a school designated as a Purple Star School.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	151	SB 117	Delaware SB 117 (151)	bill		enacted	Bruce C. Ennis Kyle Evans Gay Nnamdi O. Chukwuocha	2	10	2	2021-04-23	2021-08-10	openstates	ocd-bill/347f9a70-5227-450d-a443-a311aee877ac	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=68613	9fa6fcad873db1fd33859b367e4b6e672952ba964c25a6cbe2a7f2e2903cd8db	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware SB 117 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO EDUCATION AND PURPLE STAR SCHOOLS.

This bill allows schools and school districts to submit an application to the Department of Education to have a school designated as a Purple Star School.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source
2. SA 1 to SB 117 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

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

Sponsors

• Bruce C. Ennis — primary (person)
• Kyle Evans Gay — primary (person)
• Nnamdi O. Chukwuocha — primary (person)
• Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
• Bryan Townsend — 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)
• Ernesto B. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
• Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
• Gerald W. Hocker — cosponsor (person)
• John "Jack" Walsh — cosponsor (person)
• John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
• Laura V. Sturgeon — cosponsor (person)
• Marie Pinkney — cosponsor (person)
• Michael F. Smith — cosponsor (person)
• Nicole Poore — cosponsor (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
• S. Elizabeth Lockman — cosponsor (person)
• Sarah McBride — cosponsor (person)
• Spiros Mantzavinos — cosponsor (person)
• Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
• Trey Paradee — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-04-23 Introduced and Assigned to Veterans Affairs Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-04-28 Reported Out of Committee (Veterans Affairs) in Senate with 7 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-05-11 Amendment SA 1 to SB 117 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2021-05-11 Amendment SA 1 to SB 117 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES amendment-passage
• 2021-05-11 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2021-05-12 Assigned to Veterans Affairs Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-06-09 Reported Out of Committee (Veterans Affairs) in House with 12 Favorable, 7 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-06-18 Suspension of Rules in House
• 2021-06-24 Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2021-08-10 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/347f9a70-5227-450d-a443-a311aee877ac. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).