republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/152/hb-125.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO FREE SCHOOL MEALS.	This House Substitute bill eliminates any reference to § 4137 in Title 11 since it will remain as a separate section in the Delaware Code. This House Substitute requires all public schools to offer only students who qualify for a reduced-price meal, under the federal School Breakfast Program and National School Lunch Program, a free breakfast and lunch every school day. This House Substitute also eliminates a requirement that all schools and local education agencies, who qualify, must participate in the federal Community Eligibility Provision, under 42 U.S.C. §1759a (a)(1)(F) since there is no such federal mandate. This Act also removes the requirement that a parent or guardian for each student complete a household income form since that requirement is already set forth in this title. This Substitute bill also removes the delayed effective date. This Act will take effect beginning the school year following its enactment.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	152	HB 125	Delaware HB 125 (152)	bill		enacted	Bryan W. Shupe Edward S. Osienski S. Elizabeth Lockman Sherae'a Moore Sherry Dorsey Walker William Bush	1	9	2	2024-05-02	2024-07-23	openstates	ocd-bill/64de639e-62b6-4996-bb15-31c33b011b34	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141281	7fe315e917c04a292400cc51119cb89b96a3309db42b9911363adeb08505956e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 125 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO FREE SCHOOL MEALS.

This House Substitute bill eliminates any reference to § 4137 in Title 11 since it will remain as a separate section in the Delaware Code. This House Substitute requires all public schools to offer only students who qualify for a reduced-price meal, under the federal School Breakfast Program and National School Lunch Program, a free breakfast and lunch every school day. This House Substitute also eliminates a requirement that all schools and local education agencies, who qualify, must participate in the federal Community Eligibility Provision, under 42 U.S.C. §1759a (a)(1)(F) since there is no such federal mandate. This Act also removes the requirement that a parent or guardian for each student complete a household income form since that requirement is already set forth in this title. This Substitute bill also removes the delayed effective date. This Act will take effect beginning the school year following its enactment.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 39–0 (pass) · lower
• SM — 21–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bryan W. Shupe — primary (person)
• Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
• S. Elizabeth Lockman — primary (person)
• Sherae'a Moore — primary (person)
• Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
• William Bush — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-05-02 Adopted in lieu of the original bill HB 125, and Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-05-22 Reported Out of Committee (Appropriations) in House with 6 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2024-06-11 Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT passage
• 2024-06-11 Assigned to Education Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-06-18 Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 4 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-06-18 Assigned to Finance Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-06-26 Reported Out of Committee (Finance) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2024-06-27 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2024-07-23 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/64de639e-62b6-4996-bb15-31c33b011b34. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).