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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 RELATING TO SCHOOL ATTENDANCE."
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description: "According to a recent CDC survey, the COVID pandemic exacerbated an existing mental health crisis for students. One in 5 school aged children has a mental health condition, and 45% of children may have experienced a traumatic event. This bill provides for excused absences for the mental or behavior health of a student and requires that any student taking more than 2 such excused absences will be referred to a behavioral health specialist. This bill provides a supplemental tool to identify students struggling with mental and behavioral health issues and legitimizes these struggles faced by many students. Moreover, this bill makes clear that the mental and behavioral health of students is a priority in this State."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "152"
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identifier: "HB 3"
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citation: "Delaware HB 3 (152)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Brian Pettyjohn", "David P. Sokola", "Edward S. Osienski", "Eric Morrison", "John \"Jack\" Walsh", "Kendra Johnson", "Laura V. Sturgeon", "Marie Pinkney", "Michael F. Smith", "Peter C. Schwartzkopf", "Russell Huxtable", "S. Elizabeth Lockman", "Sarah McBride", "Sherry Dorsey Walker", "Stell Parker Selby", "Trey Paradee", "Valerie Longhurst"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 9
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2023-04-25"
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last_action: "2023-08-16"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a7fb20d1-2536-4d98-8ce7-827a7cb63e33"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=130248"
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source_hash: "0e52d597ddbdade4dc22013f167a39e5486fda7fa5b95c92fc285182e316e971"
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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 HB 3 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 RELATING TO SCHOOL ATTENDANCE.
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According to a recent CDC survey, the COVID pandemic exacerbated an existing mental health crisis for students. One in 5 school aged children has a mental health condition, and 45% of children may have experienced a traumatic event. This bill provides for excused absences for the mental or behavior health of a student and requires that any student taking more than 2 such excused absences will be referred to a behavioral health specialist. This bill provides a supplemental tool to identify students struggling with mental and behavioral health issues and legitimizes these struggles faced by many students. Moreover, this bill makes clear that the mental and behavioral health of students is a priority in this State.
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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=130248&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB3)
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2. **HA 1 to HB 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=140398&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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## Votes
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- SM — **34–3** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **15–6** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
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- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
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- Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
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- Eric Morrison — primary (person)
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- John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
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- Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
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- Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
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- Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
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- Michael F. Smith — primary (person)
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- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
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- Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
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- S. Elizabeth Lockman — primary (person)
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- Sarah McBride — primary (person)
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- Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
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- Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)
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- Trey Paradee — primary (person)
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- Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-04-25** Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2023-05-10** Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 10 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-05-16** Amendment HA 1 to HB 3 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2023-05-16** Amendment HA 1 to HB 3 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2023-05-16** Passed By House. Votes: 34 YES 3 NO 4 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2023-05-16** Assigned to Education Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2023-06-07** Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-06-30** Passed By Senate. Votes: 15 YES 6 NO `passage`
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- **2023-08-16** 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/a7fb20d1-2536-4d98-8ce7-827a7cb63e33`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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