republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/152/hb-34.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SCHOOL BOARDS.	House Bill No. 34 requires school boards, including charter schools, to permit public comment on each agenda item presented for a vote at a school board meeting. The public comment period must take place before the school board vote on an agenda item. The school board may reasonably restrict the time, place, and manner of the public comment period.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	152	HB 34	Delaware HB 34 (152)	bill		enacted	Brian Pettyjohn Bryant L. Richardson Cyndie Romer David L. Wilson David P. Sokola Eric Morrison John "Jack" Walsh Kendra Johnson Kimberly Williams Laura V. Sturgeon Michael F. Smith Paul S. Baumbach Peter C. Schwartzkopf Russell Huxtable S. Elizabeth Lockman Sarah McBride Sean Matthews Spiros Mantzavinos Valerie Longhurst	1	6	2	2023-01-17	2023-04-12	openstates	ocd-bill/a9a737f4-9b7c-492a-9148-dc78996c0af0	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=129941	ddc036c0c07bf824f77455a51a03b60271b8a3d6d2f1494e556fae289a3ed96c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 34 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SCHOOL BOARDS.

House Bill No. 34 requires school boards, including charter schools, to permit public comment on each agenda item presented for a vote at a school board meeting. The public comment period must take place before the school board vote on an agenda item. The school board may reasonably restrict the time, place, and manner of the public comment period.

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 — 19–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
• Bryant L. Richardson — primary (person)
• Cyndie Romer — primary (person)
• David L. Wilson — primary (person)
• David P. Sokola — primary (person)
• Eric Morrison — primary (person)
• John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
• Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
• Kimberly Williams — primary (person)
• Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
• Michael F. Smith — primary (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
• Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
• Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
• S. Elizabeth Lockman — primary (person)
• Sarah McBride — primary (person)
• Sean Matthews — primary (person)
• Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
• Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-01-17 Adopted in lieu of the original bill HB 34, and Assigned to Education Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2023-01-18 Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT passage
• 2023-01-18 Assigned to Education Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2023-01-25 Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 6 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-16 Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 1 NO 1 ABSENT passage
• 2023-04-12 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a9a737f4-9b7c-492a-9148-dc78996c0af0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).