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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR SCHOOL TRAUMA."
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description: "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."
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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 4"
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citation: "Delaware HB 4 (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", "Nicole Poore", "Peter C. Schwartzkopf", "Russell Huxtable", "S. Elizabeth Lockman", "Sarah McBride", "Sean Matthews", "Sherry Dorsey Walker", "Stell Parker Selby", "Trey Paradee", "Valerie Longhurst"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 11
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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/bf89ded0-3f6b-481e-bde1-e041029f60c8"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=130246"
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source_hash: "7c8d2e2e0efc38b03dfde3a19400125c822da1ba336fec58d083069027a9d04b"
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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 4 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR SCHOOL TRAUMA.
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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.
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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=130246&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB4)
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2. **HA 2 to HB 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=140396&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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## Votes
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- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **36–0** (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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- 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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- Nicole Poore — 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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- 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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- **2023-05-04** Amendment HA 1 to HB 4 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2023-05-10** Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 9 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-05-16** Amendment HA 2 to HB 4 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2023-05-16** Amendment HA 1 to HB 4 - Stricken in House
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- **2023-05-16** Amendment HA 2 to HB 4 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2023-05-16** Passed By House. Votes: 36 YES 5 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 3 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-06-29** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `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/bf89ded0-3f6b-481e-bde1-e041029f60c8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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