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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION."
description: "This Act relates to the Joint Legislative Oversight and Sunset Committee's (\"Committee\") review of the Provider Advisory Board (\"Board\"). As part of that review, the Committee approved a recommendation to consolidate the functions of the Board into the functions of the Delaware Early Childhood Council (\"DECC\"). The Board's review is held over to 2024, and Committee staff will monitor and report back to the Committee in 2024 on the implementation of the recommendation to consolidate these functions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "152"
identifier: "SB 135"
citation: "Delaware SB 135 (152)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian Pettyjohn", "Bryan Townsend", "Bryant L. Richardson", "Kendra Johnson", "Kyra L. Hoffner", "Richard G. Collins", "Russell Huxtable", "Sherry Dorsey Walker", "Stell Parker Selby"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-05-19"
last_action: "2023-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/29ee972c-99b3-4a8c-9bcd-f096d7f276a4"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=140440"
source_hash: "d67180b13a9dd7cc3e9a16a42d82c165f4d2c80a36eece2e3f8de96c62b16cfe"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
---
# Delaware SB 135 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION.
This Act relates to the Joint Legislative Oversight and Sunset Committee's ("Committee") review of the Provider Advisory Board ("Board"). As part of that review, the Committee approved a recommendation to consolidate the functions of the Board into the functions of the Delaware Early Childhood Council ("DECC"). The Board's review is held over to 2024, and Committee staff will monitor and report back to the Committee in 2024 on the implementation of the recommendation to consolidate these functions.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=140440&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB135)
## Votes
- SM — **380** (pass) · lower
- SM — **210** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
- Bryant L. Richardson — primary (person)
- Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
- Kyra L. Hoffner — primary (person)
- Richard G. Collins — primary (person)
- Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
- Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
- Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-05-19** Introduced and Assigned to Legislative Oversight & Sunset Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-07** Reported Out of Committee (Legislative Oversight & Sunset) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2023-06-13** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2023-06-14** Assigned to Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability) Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-20** Reported Out of Committee (Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability)) in House with 3 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-22** Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 3 ABSENT `passage`
- **2023-06-30** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/29ee972c-99b3-4a8c-9bcd-f096d7f276a4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).