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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO STUDENT DISCIPLINE REFERRALS."
description: "This Act requires a referral to a school-based mental or behavioral health specialist for any student after their second unduplicated infraction resulting in out-of-school suspension in a semester. This Substitute bill clarifies that the referral is to a school-based mental or behavioral health specialist rather than the school-based problem-solving team and the referral occurs after 2 unduplicated disciplinary violations, in a semester, result in an out-of-school suspension rather than 2 out-of-school suspensions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "152"
identifier: "HB 174"
citation: "Delaware HB 174 (152)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Madinah Wilson-Anton", "Marie Pinkney", "S. Elizabeth Lockman", "Sherae'a Moore", "William Bush"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 6
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-06-26"
last_action: "2023-08-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d958f1fe-4ce3-43a8-8277-a26599efd0c3"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=140722"
source_hash: "4508977954c7c9dd4a312bad0ffa39e2743ea42e601a3a96a3ee4c0eaa70b62b"
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 HB 174 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO STUDENT DISCIPLINE REFERRALS.
This Act requires a referral to a school-based mental or behavioral health specialist for any student after their second unduplicated infraction resulting in out-of-school suspension in a semester. This Substitute bill clarifies that the referral is to a school-based mental or behavioral health specialist rather than the school-based problem-solving team and the referral occurs after 2 unduplicated disciplinary violations, in a semester, result in an out-of-school suspension rather than 2 out-of-school suspensions.
## 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=140722&legislationTypeId=6&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HS1forHB174)
## Votes
- SM — **250** (pass) · lower
- SM — **210** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Madinah Wilson-Anton — primary (person)
- Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
- S. Elizabeth Lockman — primary (person)
- Sherae'a Moore — primary (person)
- William Bush — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-06-26** was introduced and adopted in lieu of HB 174 `introduction`
- **2023-06-29** Passed By House. Votes: 25 YES 14 NOT VOTING 2 ABSENT `passage`
- **2023-06-29** Assigned to Education Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-30** Suspension of Rules in Senate
- **2023-06-30** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2023-08-31** 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/d958f1fe-4ce3-43a8-8277-a26599efd0c3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).