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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO VISION SCREENING."
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description: "This Act requires that public school students receive a vision screening, including a test for color blindness, in kindergarten. Students must also receive vision screenings at appropriate intervals in grades 1 through 12, to be determined by the DOE."
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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 382"
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citation: "Delaware HB 382 (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", "Debra Heffernan", "Eric Morrison", "Kerri Evelyn Harris", "Laura V. Sturgeon", "Ronald E. Gray", "Sean Matthews", "Sherry Dorsey Walker", "Stell Parker Selby", "Valerie Longhurst", "William Bush"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 7
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2024-04-23"
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last_action: "2024-09-19"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/29f392b0-3cf6-4eb3-a100-c63b411f12f4"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141242"
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source_hash: "ea19174365187abcbbf6a74d3b3fa2296f4565b5a748322364334548367ad61b"
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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 382 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO VISION SCREENING.
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This Act requires that public school students receive a vision screening, including a test for color blindness, in kindergarten. Students must also receive vision screenings at appropriate intervals in grades 1 through 12, to be determined by the DOE.
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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=141242&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB382)
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## Votes
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- 3/5 — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **38–0** (pass) · lower
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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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- Debra Heffernan — primary (person)
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- Eric Morrison — primary (person)
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- Kerri Evelyn Harris — primary (person)
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- Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
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- Ronald E. Gray — primary (person)
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- Sean Matthews — primary (person)
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- Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
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- Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)
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- Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
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- William Bush — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-04-23** Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2024-05-08** Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 12 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2024-05-23** Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 3 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2024-05-23** Assigned to Education Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2024-06-12** Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 4 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-06-25** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2024-09-19** 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/29f392b0-3cf6-4eb3-a100-c63b411f12f4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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