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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO EDUCATOR AND SCHOOL-BASED MENTAL HEALTH PRACTITIONERS SUPPORT PROGRAMS."
description: "The Department of Education (“Department”) currently administers the High Needs Educator Student Loan Repayment Program, the Speech-Language Pathologist Student Loan Repayment Program, and the Mental Health Services Student Loan Repayment Program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "153"
identifier: "SB 187"
citation: "Delaware SB 187 (153)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian Pettyjohn", "Claire Snyder-Hall", "Dave G. Lawson", "David L. Wilson", "Franklin D. Cooke", "Josue O Ortega", "Laura V. Sturgeon", "Marie Pinkney", "Melanie Ross Levin", "Nicole Poore", "Russell Huxtable", "Sarah McBride", "Stell Parker Selby"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 8
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-06-13"
last_action: "2025-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5bdb6202-75b0-4a0e-8ee4-cd05bfecd7dc"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=142531"
source_hash: "2f982c9c11415a2428d411a27f5f2398d588abe7f7dd5628a4ee8ee5aecb35b5"
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 187 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO EDUCATOR AND SCHOOL-BASED MENTAL HEALTH PRACTITIONERS SUPPORT PROGRAMS.
The Department of Education (“Department”) currently administers the High Needs Educator Student Loan Repayment Program, the Speech-Language Pathologist Student Loan Repayment Program, and the Mental Health Services Student Loan Repayment Program.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
## Votes
- SM — **210** (pass) · upper
- 3/4 — **400** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
- Claire Snyder-Hall — primary (person)
- Dave G. Lawson — primary (person)
- David L. Wilson — primary (person)
- Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
- Josue O Ortega — primary (person)
- Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
- Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
- Melanie Ross Levin — primary (person)
- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
- Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
- Sarah McBride — primary (person)
- Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-06-13** Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-06-18** Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2025-06-24** Suspension of Rules in Senate
- **2025-06-24** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2025-06-25** Assigned to Education Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-06-25** Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 8 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2025-06-30** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 VACANT `passage`
- **2025-06-30** 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/5bdb6202-75b0-4a0e-8ee4-cd05bfecd7dc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).