republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/153/hb-160.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATED TO DELAWARE NATIONAL GUARD EDUCATION BENEFITS.	The Delaware National Guard provides financial assistance to eligible service members for certain postsecondary education tuition and fees. Under the current education benefits program, the Delaware National Guard reimburses service members for tuition and fees the service members have already paid. But young service members often cannot take advantage of this program because they cannot afford to pay upfront for tuition and fees. This also hurts Delaware National Guard recruiting efforts because potential service members may choose to join National Guard programs in other states that do not require service members to pay upfront for tuition and fees. Keeping the Delaware National Guard fully staffed is essential to responding to state emergencies. Lack of staff also leads the Department of Defense to shift positions from the Delaware National Guard to other states that can recruit at higher levels than Delaware. This results in reduced mission capability in Delaware and less federal funding coming to Delaware.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	153	HB 160	Delaware HB 160 (153)	bill		enacted	Brian Pettyjohn Claire Snyder-Hall Cyndie Romer Daniel B. Short Dave G. Lawson David L. Wilson David P. Sokola Franklin D. Cooke Kerri Evelyn Harris Laura V. Sturgeon Lyndon D. Yearick Marie Pinkney Melanie Ross Levin Richard G. Collins Sarah McBride Spiros Mantzavinos Stell Parker Selby William J. Carson	0	7	2	2025-05-13	2025-07-23	openstates	ocd-bill/ffb04903-88cf-4ff5-b8a7-72ac11cb3918	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=142261	6975d6408335bebe95d5fa1fd4b7cab3d578ad1e5e415cce0b32e47591857160	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 160 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATED TO DELAWARE NATIONAL GUARD EDUCATION BENEFITS.

The Delaware National Guard provides financial assistance to eligible service members for certain postsecondary education tuition and fees. Under the current education benefits program, the Delaware National Guard reimburses service members for tuition and fees the service members have already paid. But young service members often cannot take advantage of this program because they cannot afford to pay upfront for tuition and fees. This also hurts Delaware National Guard recruiting efforts because potential service members may choose to join National Guard programs in other states that do not require service members to pay upfront for tuition and fees. Keeping the Delaware National Guard fully staffed is essential to responding to state emergencies. Lack of staff also leads the Department of Defense to shift positions from the Delaware National Guard to other states that can recruit at higher levels than Delaware. This results in reduced mission capability in Delaware and less federal funding coming to Delaware.

Version chain

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

Votes

• 2/3 — 40–0 (pass) · lower
• SM — 21–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
• Claire Snyder-Hall — primary (person)
• Cyndie Romer — primary (person)
• Daniel B. Short — primary (person)
• Dave G. Lawson — primary (person)
• David L. Wilson — primary (person)
• David P. Sokola — primary (person)
• Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
• Kerri Evelyn Harris — primary (person)
• Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
• Lyndon D. Yearick — primary (person)
• Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
• Melanie Ross Levin — primary (person)
• Richard G. Collins — primary (person)
• Sarah McBride — primary (person)
• Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
• Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)
• William J. Carson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-05-13 Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2025-05-21 Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 1 Favorable, 8 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-06-17 Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2025-06-17 Assigned to Education Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2025-06-25 Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 6 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2025-06-30 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2025-07-23 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ffb04903-88cf-4ff5-b8a7-72ac11cb3918. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).