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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO EVIDENCE-BASED READING CURRICULA."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "151"
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identifier: "SB 4"
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citation: "Delaware SB 4 (151)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Colin Bonini", "Debra Heffernan", "Kimberly Williams", "Laura V. Sturgeon", "Sarah McBride"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 12
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2022-04-05"
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last_action: "2022-08-29"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9391640f-f9a5-4bc1-b578-ee6f6c84b9c2"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=99317"
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source_hash: "963fe97781019cc73262888fa645c4a048ab75611fa791349708f926da1be1e4"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
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---
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# Delaware SB 4 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO EVIDENCE-BASED READING CURRICULA.
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=99317&legislationTypeId=6&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SS1forSB4)
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2. **HA 1 to SS 1 for SB 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=109354&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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3. **HA 2 to SS 1 for SB 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=109468&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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## Votes
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- SM — **18–0** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Colin Bonini — primary (person)
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- Debra Heffernan — primary (person)
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- Kimberly Williams — primary (person)
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- Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
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- Sarah McBride — primary (person)
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- Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
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- Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
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- Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
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- Bryan W. Shupe — cosponsor (person)
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- Bryant L. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
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- Darius J. Brown — cosponsor (person)
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- Dave G. Lawson — cosponsor (person)
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- David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
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- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
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- Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
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- Eric Morrison — cosponsor (person)
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- Ernesto B. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
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- Gerald W. Hocker — cosponsor (person)
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- John "Jack" Walsh — cosponsor (person)
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- Krista Griffith — cosponsor (person)
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- Kyle Evans Gay — cosponsor (person)
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- Marie Pinkney — cosponsor (person)
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- Nicole Poore — cosponsor (person)
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- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
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- S. Elizabeth Lockman — cosponsor (person)
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- Spiros Mantzavinos — cosponsor (person)
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- Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
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- Timothy D. Dukes — cosponsor (person)
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- Trey Paradee — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-04-05** Adopted in lieu of the original bill SB 4, and Assigned to Education Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2022-04-06** Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 5 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-04-07** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2022-04-07** Assigned to Education Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2022-04-12** Amendment HA 1 to SS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **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`
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- **2022-05-09** Amendment HA 2 to SS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2022-05-12** Amendment HA 1 to SS 1 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2022-05-12** Amendment HA 2 to SS 1 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2022-05-12** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2022-05-17** Passed By Senate. Votes: 18 YES 3 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2022-08-29** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9391640f-f9a5-4bc1-b578-ee6f6c84b9c2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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