republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/151/sb-4.md

type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags

type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO EVIDENCE-BASED READING CURRICULA.	Like Senate Bill No. 4, Senate Substitute No. 1 for Senate Bill No. 4 requires the Department of Education (Department) to maintain and publish a list of evidence-based, reading instruction curricula for grades kindergarten through 3. Each curriculum on this list must align with the essential components of literacy, known as the “science of reading” and use high-quality instructional materials. School districts and charter schools must provide an annual report to the Department regarding the implementation of these requirements and the Department must produce an annual report summarizing this information. The information required in the Department’s report may be consolidated into a single report with the requirements under § 158 of Title 14, if House Bill No. 304 is also enacted this year.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	151	SB 4	Delaware SB 4 (151)	bill		enacted	Colin Bonini Debra Heffernan Kimberly Williams Laura V. Sturgeon Sarah McBride	3	12	3	2022-04-05	2022-08-29	openstates	ocd-bill/9391640f-f9a5-4bc1-b578-ee6f6c84b9c2	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=99317	963fe97781019cc73262888fa645c4a048ab75611fa791349708f926da1be1e4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware SB 4 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO EVIDENCE-BASED READING CURRICULA.

Like Senate Bill No. 4, Senate Substitute No. 1 for Senate Bill No. 4 requires the Department of Education (Department) to maintain and publish a list of evidence-based, reading instruction curricula for grades kindergarten through 3. Each curriculum on this list must align with the essential components of literacy, known as the “science of reading” and use high-quality instructional materials. School districts and charter schools must provide an annual report to the Department regarding the implementation of these requirements and the Department must produce an annual report summarizing this information. The information required in the Department’s report may be consolidated into a single report with the requirements under § 158 of Title 14, if House Bill No. 304 is also enacted this year.

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 SS 1 for SB 4 (committee substitute) — source
3. HA 2 to SS 1 for SB 4 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 18–0 (pass) · upper
• SM — 21–0 (pass) · upper
• SM — 40–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Colin Bonini — primary (person)
• Debra Heffernan — primary (person)
• Kimberly Williams — primary (person)
• Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
• Sarah McBride — 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)
• Darius J. Brown — cosponsor (person)
• Dave G. Lawson — cosponsor (person)
• David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
• David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
• Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
• Eric Morrison — cosponsor (person)
• Ernesto B. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
• Gerald W. Hocker — cosponsor (person)
• John "Jack" Walsh — cosponsor (person)
• Krista Griffith — cosponsor (person)
• Kyle Evans Gay — cosponsor (person)
• Marie Pinkney — cosponsor (person)
• Nicole Poore — cosponsor (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
• S. Elizabeth Lockman — cosponsor (person)
• Spiros Mantzavinos — cosponsor (person)
• Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
• Timothy D. Dukes — cosponsor (person)
• Trey Paradee — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-04-05 Adopted in lieu of the original bill SB 4, and Assigned to Education Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2022-04-06 Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 5 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-04-07 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2022-04-07 Assigned to Education Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2022-04-12 Amendment HA 1 to SS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2022-04-14 Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 10 Favorable, 7 On Its Merits, 1 Unfavorable committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2022-05-09 Amendment HA 2 to SS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2022-05-12 Amendment HA 1 to SS 1 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2022-05-12 Amendment HA 2 to SS 1 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2022-05-12 Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2022-05-17 Passed By Senate. Votes: 18 YES 3 ABSENT passage
• 2022-08-29 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9391640f-f9a5-4bc1-b578-ee6f6c84b9c2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).