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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 AND TITLE 31 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS."
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description: "Under current law, both school board members who are elected and those who are appointed to fill vacancies until the next election are required to complete a background check. However, the statute is currently unclear as to how a background check gets done and who is responsible for reviewing the background check for an appointment. This Act makes clear that a person may not be appointed unless a background check has been completed and the Commissioner of Elections has determined the person is qualified for the seat, in the same manner the Commissioner completes that duty for candidates for school board elections."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "153"
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identifier: "HB 85"
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citation: "Delaware HB 85 (153)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bryant L. Richardson", "Claire Snyder-Hall", "Cyndie Romer", "Daniel B. Short", "Dave G. Lawson", "David P. Sokola", "Edward S. Osienski", "Eric Morrison", "John \"Jack\" Walsh", "Kimberly Williams", "Laura V. Sturgeon", "Lyndon D. Yearick", "Madinah Wilson-Anton", "Mara Gorman", "Melanie Ross Levin", "Michael F. Smith", "Nicole Poore", "Spiros Mantzavinos", "Stell Parker Selby"]
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version_count: 0
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action_count: 7
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-03-18"
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last_action: "2025-09-02"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7b06845e-5a5f-4622-a9fc-3482043b5b55"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141962"
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source_hash: "2b9e9486f8b4fff6972fb649d018091877b3237da14ccbad53ea8d1fffbea153"
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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 85 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 AND TITLE 31 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS.
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Under current law, both school board members who are elected and those who are appointed to fill vacancies until the next election are required to complete a background check. However, the statute is currently unclear as to how a background check gets done and who is responsible for reviewing the background check for an appointment. This Act makes clear that a person may not be appointed unless a background check has been completed and the Commissioner of Elections has determined the person is qualified for the seat, in the same manner the Commissioner completes that duty for candidates for school board elections.
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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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## Votes
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- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **37–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bryant L. Richardson — primary (person)
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- Claire Snyder-Hall — primary (person)
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- Cyndie Romer — primary (person)
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- Daniel B. Short — primary (person)
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- Dave G. Lawson — 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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- Kimberly Williams — primary (person)
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- Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
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- Lyndon D. Yearick — primary (person)
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- Madinah Wilson-Anton — primary (person)
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- Mara Gorman — primary (person)
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- Melanie Ross Levin — primary (person)
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- Michael F. Smith — primary (person)
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- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
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- Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
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- Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-03-18** Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-26** Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 2 Favorable, 12 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-04-17** Passed By House. Votes: 37 YES 4 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2025-04-17** Assigned to Education Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2025-05-07** Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 6 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2025-06-24** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2025-09-02** 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/7b06845e-5a5f-4622-a9fc-3482043b5b55`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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