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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 AND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SCHOOL SAFETY."
description: "Section 2306 of Title 14 requires that when a new school is constructed or a major renovation is undertaken, the construction or renovation must include certain safety features, including a secured vestibule and the installation of \"ballistic resistant glass or other ballistic resistant materials\" in certain areas of the school."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "152"
identifier: "SB 279"
citation: "Delaware SB 279 (152)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian Pettyjohn", "David P. Sokola", "John \"Jack\" Walsh", "Peter C. Schwartzkopf", "S. Elizabeth Lockman", "Sean Matthews", "Valerie Longhurst", "William Bush"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-04-25"
last_action: "2024-09-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a9b0aac9-b0e9-4f84-8700-226bdd4506e5"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141273"
source_hash: "6437668434f312388cdbf60a3be14e51576904d3c666ef2f8687fd849ee5f1ca"
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 279 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 AND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SCHOOL SAFETY.
Section 2306 of Title 14 requires that when a new school is constructed or a major renovation is undertaken, the construction or renovation must include certain safety features, including a secured vestibule and the installation of "ballistic resistant glass or other ballistic resistant materials" in certain areas of the school.
## 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=141273&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB279)
## Votes
- SM — **400** (pass) · lower
- SM — **210** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
- John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
- S. Elizabeth Lockman — primary (person)
- Sean Matthews — primary (person)
- Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
- William Bush — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-04-25** Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-15** Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 6 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2024-05-21** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2024-05-22** Assigned to Education Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-12** Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 15 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2024-06-26** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2024-09-26** 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/a9b0aac9-b0e9-4f84-8700-226bdd4506e5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).