republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/151/sb-263.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE CULTURAL RESOURCE INCENTIVE PROGRAM.	This Act establishes a cultural resources professional scholarship for the purpose of enabling and encouraging academically talented Delawareans to pursue careers as cultural resource professionals. The scholarship is also available to persons already serving in positions with cultural resource agencies, such as the Delaware Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs or with organizations that are institutional members of the Delaware Museum Association, among others, further their education. This scholarship would strengthen Delaware’s ability to both recruit and retain a more diverse workforce and would help the state meet federal credentialing requirements for federally-funded projects. The scholarship is named for the late Lewis M. “Skipper” Purnell, one of Delaware’s leading historical preservationists and husband of Mrs. Matilda “Til” Purnell, a great Delaware environmentalist in her own right.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	151	SB 263	Delaware SB 263 (151)	bill		enacted	David P. Sokola Debra Heffernan	1	7	2	2022-06-15	2022-08-25	openstates	ocd-bill/2980b55b-8a44-40a5-93aa-0d050dd31a1d	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=129724	c996f1c7b333bdc0c4141506a8a047bf4f3f47d30ed283eced94b5e14145bf98	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware SB 263 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE CULTURAL RESOURCE INCENTIVE PROGRAM.

This Act establishes a cultural resources professional scholarship for the purpose of enabling and encouraging academically talented Delawareans to pursue careers as cultural resource professionals. The scholarship is also available to persons already serving in positions with cultural resource agencies, such as the Delaware Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs or with organizations that are institutional members of the Delaware Museum Association, among others, further their education. This scholarship would strengthen Delaware’s ability to both recruit and retain a more diverse workforce and would help the state meet federal credentialing requirements for federally-funded projects. The scholarship is named for the late Lewis M. “Skipper” Purnell, one of Delaware’s leading historical preservationists and husband of Mrs. Matilda “Til” Purnell, a great Delaware environmentalist in her own right.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 21–0 (pass) · upper
• SM — 41–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• David P. Sokola — primary (person)
• Debra Heffernan — primary (person)
• S. Elizabeth Lockman — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-06-15 Adopted in lieu of the original bill SB 263, and Assigned to Education Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2022-06-15 Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-06-23 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2022-06-23 Assigned to Administration Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2022-06-29 Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2022-06-30 Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES passage
• 2022-08-25 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2980b55b-8a44-40a5-93aa-0d050dd31a1d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).