republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/152/hb-4.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR SCHOOL TRAUMA.	This Act is Nolan’s Law. The purpose of this legislation is to provide more behavioral health supports to school districts and charter schools in the aftermath of a school-connected traumatic event, which is defined as the death of any student, educator, administrator, or other building employee of a public school.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	152	HB 4	Delaware HB 4 (152)	bill		enacted	Brian Pettyjohn David P. Sokola Edward S. Osienski Eric Morrison John "Jack" Walsh Kendra Johnson Laura V. Sturgeon Marie Pinkney Michael F. Smith Nicole Poore Peter C. Schwartzkopf Russell Huxtable S. Elizabeth Lockman Sarah McBride Sean Matthews Sherry Dorsey Walker Stell Parker Selby Trey Paradee Valerie Longhurst	2	11	2	2023-04-25	2023-08-16	openstates	ocd-bill/bf89ded0-3f6b-481e-bde1-e041029f60c8	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=130246	7c8d2e2e0efc38b03dfde3a19400125c822da1ba336fec58d083069027a9d04b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 4 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR SCHOOL TRAUMA.

This Act is Nolan’s Law. The purpose of this legislation is to provide more behavioral health supports to school districts and charter schools in the aftermath of a school-connected traumatic event, which is defined as the death of any student, educator, administrator, or other building employee of a public school.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source
2. HA 2 to HB 4 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 21–0 (pass) · upper
• SM — 36–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
• David P. Sokola — primary (person)
• Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
• Eric Morrison — primary (person)
• John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
• Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
• Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
• Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
• Michael F. Smith — primary (person)
• Nicole Poore — primary (person)
• Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
• Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
• S. Elizabeth Lockman — primary (person)
• Sarah McBride — primary (person)
• Sean Matthews — primary (person)
• Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
• Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)
• Trey Paradee — primary (person)
• Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-04-25 Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2023-05-04 Amendment HA 1 to HB 4 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2023-05-10 Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 9 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-05-16 Amendment HA 2 to HB 4 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2023-05-16 Amendment HA 1 to HB 4 - Stricken in House
• 2023-05-16 Amendment HA 2 to HB 4 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2023-05-16 Passed By House. Votes: 36 YES 5 ABSENT passage
• 2023-05-16 Assigned to Education Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2023-06-07 Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-06-29 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2023-08-16 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bf89ded0-3f6b-481e-bde1-e041029f60c8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).