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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ADULT SEXUAL MISCONDUCT IN SCHOOLS."
description: "This Act expands Erin's Law to require training and education on issues related to inappropriate relationships between adults and children, such as grooming."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "151"
identifier: "SB 290"
citation: "Delaware SB 290 (151)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Darius J. Brown", "Kimberly Williams", "Nicole Poore"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-05-09"
last_action: "2022-08-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/29c89539-4e0a-4b0a-860c-91a079da7a62"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=109466"
source_hash: "32dfd2fedf147782e10c50fcdfbf16a83ce8b53b4acd75d604ee5f3a960cb02d"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
---
# Delaware SB 290 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ADULT SEXUAL MISCONDUCT IN SCHOOLS.
This Act expands Erin's Law to require training and education on issues related to inappropriate relationships between adults and children, such as grooming.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=109466&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB290)
2. **SA 1 to SB 290** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=109533&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
## Votes
- 3/5 — **410** (pass) · lower
- SM — **210** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
- Kimberly Williams — primary (person)
- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
- Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
- Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
- Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
- Bryan W. Shupe — cosponsor (person)
- Bryant L. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- Colin Bonini — cosponsor (person)
- Dave G. Lawson — cosponsor (person)
- David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
- Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
- Ernesto B. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
- Gerald W. Hocker — cosponsor (person)
- John "Jack" Walsh — cosponsor (person)
- John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
- Kyle Evans Gay — cosponsor (person)
- Laura V. Sturgeon — cosponsor (person)
- Marie Pinkney — cosponsor (person)
- Michael F. Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Ramone — cosponsor (person)
- Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
- S. Elizabeth Lockman — cosponsor (person)
- Sarah McBride — cosponsor (person)
- Sean M. Lynn — 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.
- **2022-05-09** Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-05-17** Amendment SA 1 to SB 290 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-05-18** Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 4 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-18** Assigned to Finance Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-05-18** Reported Out of Committee (Finance) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-19** Amendment SA 1 to SB 290 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `amendment-passage`
- **2022-05-19** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2022-06-02** Assigned to Education Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-15** Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 4 Favorable, 13 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-16** Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-23** Reported Out of Committee (Appropriations) in House with 6 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2022-06-28** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
- **2022-08-19** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/29c89539-4e0a-4b0a-860c-91a079da7a62`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).