republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/152/hb-263.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MEAL DEBT RESTRICTIONS ON STUDENT PARTICIPATION IN EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES.	This Act prohibits local education agencies and charter schools from prohibiting a student from participating in a school sponsored extracurricular activity on the basis the student has an outstanding debt for unpaid school meals.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	152	HB 263	Delaware HB 263 (152)	bill		enacted	Brian Pettyjohn Cyndie Romer David L. Wilson David P. Sokola Eric Morrison Kendra Johnson Kerri Evelyn Harris Laura V. Sturgeon Madinah Wilson-Anton Paul S. Baumbach Peter C. Schwartzkopf Russell Huxtable Sarah McBride Sherry Dorsey Walker Spiros Mantzavinos Stell Parker Selby Trey Paradee Valerie Longhurst William Bush	2	9	2	2023-12-14	2024-08-02	openstates	ocd-bill/5f2f1e1d-48ac-499a-a126-94d7f0998fe8	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=140808	20e5144512af83803e7ae4d70f5f76f01cf71f662cfef14b2cb9da3c9c1505ba	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 263 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MEAL DEBT RESTRICTIONS ON STUDENT PARTICIPATION IN EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES.

This Act prohibits local education agencies and charter schools from prohibiting a student from participating in a school sponsored extracurricular activity on the basis the student has an outstanding debt for unpaid school meals.

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 HB 263 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 21–0 (pass) · upper
• SM — 41–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
• Cyndie Romer — primary (person)
• David L. Wilson — primary (person)
• David P. Sokola — primary (person)
• Eric Morrison — primary (person)
• Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
• Kerri Evelyn Harris — primary (person)
• Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
• Madinah Wilson-Anton — primary (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
• Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
• Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
• Sarah McBride — primary (person)
• Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
• Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
• Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)
• Trey Paradee — primary (person)
• Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
• William Bush — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-12-14 Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-01-17 Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 5 Favorable, 10 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-29 Amendment HA 1 to HB 263 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2024-03-07 Amendment HA 1 to HB 263 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2024-03-07 Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES passage
• 2024-03-07 Assigned to Education Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-03-20 Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 5 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-06-11 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2024-08-02 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5f2f1e1d-48ac-499a-a126-94d7f0998fe8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).