republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/153/hb-203.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE EQUITY AND INCLUSION IN FINANCIAL LITERACY FOR ALL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN DELAWARE ACT."
description: "With 60% of U.S. households living paycheck to paycheck, 40% of Americans having less than $300 in savings, 33% of Americans having saved nothing for retirement, 95% of Americans having not saved enough for retirement, and 87% of American teens admitting not understanding their finances, financial literacy education in Delaware high schools is needed. This Act, which may be cited as “The Equity and Inclusion in Financial Literacy for All High School Students in Delaware Act”, requires high schools to provide, at a minimum, a 1/2 credit on financial literacy. And, beginning with students entering grade 9 in the 2026 through 2027 school year, successful completion of the credit will be required to obtain a high school diploma. This Act requires the credit to include instruction which meets the financial literacy standards for high school students adopted by the Department of Education. This substitute corrects a reference from \"course\" to \"credit\" in the synopsis."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "153"
identifier: "HB 203"
citation: "Delaware HB 203 (153)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian Pettyjohn", "Bryan W. Shupe", "Bryant L. Richardson", "Charles S Postles Jr.", "Claire Snyder-Hall", "Cyndie Romer", "Daniel B. Short", "Dave G. Lawson", "David L. Wilson", "Franklin D. Cooke", "Jeff Hilovsky", "John \"Jack\" Walsh", "Josue O Ortega", "Kerri Evelyn Harris", "Lyndon D. Yearick", "Marie Pinkney", "Michael F. Smith", "Richard G. Collins", "Ronald E. Gray", "Russell Huxtable", "Spiros Mantzavinos", "Stell Parker Selby", "Timothy D. Dukes", "Trey Paradee", "Valerie Jones Giltner"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 10
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-06-10"
last_action: "2025-09-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bd889aaa-db3e-4646-bed0-bfa1b08bd570"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=142474"
source_hash: "1a03d3d16f167904840ed823605a7e31446252be5e24cde711853b28217d3883"
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 HB 203 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE EQUITY AND INCLUSION IN FINANCIAL LITERACY FOR ALL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN DELAWARE ACT.

With 60% of U.S. households living paycheck to paycheck, 40% of Americans having less than $300 in savings, 33% of Americans having saved nothing for retirement, 95% of Americans having not saved enough for retirement, and 87% of American teens admitting not understanding their finances, financial literacy education in Delaware high schools is needed. This Act, which may be cited as “The Equity and Inclusion in Financial Literacy for All High School Students in Delaware Act”, requires high schools to provide, at a minimum, a 1/2 credit on financial literacy. And, beginning with students entering grade 9 in the 2026 through 2027 school year, successful completion of the credit will be required to obtain a high school diploma. This Act requires the credit to include instruction which meets the financial literacy standards for high school students adopted by the Department of Education. This substitute corrects a reference from "course" to "credit" in the synopsis.

## Version chain

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

1. **SA 1 to HS 1 for HB 203** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=142623&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)

## Votes

- SM — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower
- SM — **39–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
- Bryan W. Shupe — primary (person)
- Bryant L. Richardson — primary (person)
- Charles S Postles Jr. — 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)
- Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
- Jeff Hilovsky — primary (person)
- John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
- Josue O Ortega — primary (person)
- Kerri Evelyn Harris — primary (person)
- Lyndon D. Yearick — primary (person)
- Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
- Michael F. Smith — primary (person)
- Richard G. Collins — primary (person)
- Ronald E. Gray — primary (person)
- Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
- Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
- Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)
- Timothy D. Dukes — primary (person)
- Trey Paradee — primary (person)
- Valerie Jones Giltner — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-06-10** Adopted in lieu of the original bill HB 203, and Assigned to Education Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-06-11** Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 3 Favorable, 9 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-12** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2025-06-12** Assigned to Education Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-06-24** Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-24** Amendment SA 1 to HS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-06-25** Amendment SA 1 to HS 1 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `amendment-passage`
- **2025-06-25** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 NOT VOTING `passage`
- **2025-06-26** Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 1 ABSENT 1 VACANT `passage`
- **2025-09-19** 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/bd889aaa-db3e-4646-bed0-bfa1b08bd570`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).