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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SCHOOL BOARDS."
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description: "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."
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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 34"
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citation: "Delaware HB 34 (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", "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"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 6
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2023-01-17"
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last_action: "2023-04-12"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a9a737f4-9b7c-492a-9148-dc78996c0af0"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=129941"
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source_hash: "ddc036c0c07bf824f77455a51a03b60271b8a3d6d2f1494e556fae289a3ed96c"
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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 34 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SCHOOL BOARDS.
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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.
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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=129941&legislationTypeId=6&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HS1forHB34)
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## Votes
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- SM — **39–0** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **19–1** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
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- Bryant L. Richardson — primary (person)
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- Cyndie Romer — primary (person)
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- David L. Wilson — primary (person)
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- David P. Sokola — 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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- Kimberly Williams — primary (person)
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- Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
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- Michael F. Smith — primary (person)
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- Paul S. Baumbach — 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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- Sean Matthews — primary (person)
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- Spiros Mantzavinos — 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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- **2023-01-17** Adopted in lieu of the original bill HB 34, and Assigned to Education Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2023-01-18** Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2023-01-18** Assigned to Education Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2023-01-25** Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 6 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-16** Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 1 NO 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2023-04-12** 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/a9a737f4-9b7c-492a-9148-dc78996c0af0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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