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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 AND TITLE 31 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO QUALIFICATIONS FOR MEMBERS OF SCHOOL BOARDS AND THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION."
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description: "Senate Bill No. 78 enhances the qualifications for an individual to serve as a member of a school board or the State Board of Education."
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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 78"
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citation: "Delaware SB 78 (151)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bryan Townsend", "David P. Sokola", "Kimberly Williams", "Laura V. Sturgeon", "Paul S. Baumbach", "S. Elizabeth Lockman", "Sherry Dorsey Walker"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 8
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2021-04-27"
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last_action: "2021-09-17"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8932bbf1-a8e0-40cb-a10c-dc68cbecfc83"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=68618"
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source_hash: "5ec52fc61055a7b895499fdaad58fd68460aa9525a6ba7492ae1b1da4b3a82f0"
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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 78 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 AND TITLE 31 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO QUALIFICATIONS FOR MEMBERS OF SCHOOL BOARDS AND THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION.
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Senate Bill No. 78 enhances the qualifications for an individual to serve as a member of a school board or the State Board of Education.
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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=68618&legislationTypeId=6&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SS2forSB78)
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2. **SA 1 to SS 2 for SB 78** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=68701&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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## Votes
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- SM — **20–1** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **37–1** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
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- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
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- Kimberly Williams — primary (person)
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- Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
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- Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
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- S. Elizabeth Lockman — primary (person)
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- Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
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- Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
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- John "Jack" Walsh — cosponsor (person)
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- John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
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- Kendra Johnson — cosponsor (person)
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- Nicole Poore — cosponsor (person)
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- Nnamdi O. Chukwuocha — cosponsor (person)
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- Sarah McBride — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-04-27** was introduced and adopted in lieu of SB 78 `introduction`
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- **2021-05-13** Amendment SA 1 to SS 2 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2021-05-13** Amendment SA 1 to SS 2 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 15 YES 6 NO `amendment-passage`
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- **2021-05-13** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 NO `passage`
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- **2021-05-14** Assigned to Education Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-06-09** Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 3 Favorable, 9 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-06-24** Passed By House. Votes: 37 YES 1 NO 2 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2021-09-17** 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/8932bbf1-a8e0-40cb-a10c-dc68cbecfc83`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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