republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/153/sb-260.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DELAWARE CERTIFICATE OF ARTS EXCELLENCE.	According to the Arts Education Partnership, 27 states currently include arts course credits as a requirement for high school graduation, and several states have implemented diploma seals or similar recognition programs to incentivize participation.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	153	SB 260	Delaware SB 260 (153)	bill		enacted	Brian Pettyjohn Bryan Townsend Bryant L. Richardson Claire Snyder-Hall Daniel Cruce Darius J. Brown Dave G. Lawson David L. Wilson David P. Sokola Edward S. Osienski Eric Morrison Franklin D. Cooke John "Jack" Walsh Josue O Ortega Kerri Evelyn Harris Laura V. Sturgeon Mara Gorman Marie Pinkney Melanie Ross Levin Nicole Poore Ray Seigfried Russell Huxtable Sarah McBride Spiros Mantzavinos Stell Parker Selby Trey Paradee	0	7	2	2026-03-17	2026-05-21	openstates	ocd-bill/8773bef7-2bde-4cb1-921e-857b95415c5c	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=142958	91ee5004de0bb42f47d60112dfc2bb6d3de117e16bdf1a62e7b7581b99bb5959	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware SB 260 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DELAWARE CERTIFICATE OF ARTS EXCELLENCE.

According to the Arts Education Partnership, 27 states currently include arts course credits as a requirement for high school graduation, and several states have implemented diploma seals or similar recognition programs to incentivize participation.

Version chain

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

Votes

• SM — 35–0 (pass) · lower
• SM — 20–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
• Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
• Bryant L. Richardson — primary (person)
• Claire Snyder-Hall — primary (person)
• Daniel Cruce — primary (person)
• Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
• Dave G. Lawson — primary (person)
• David L. Wilson — primary (person)
• David P. Sokola — primary (person)
• Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
• Eric Morrison — primary (person)
• Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
• John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
• Josue O Ortega — primary (person)
• Kerri Evelyn Harris — primary (person)
• Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
• Mara Gorman — primary (person)
• Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
• Melanie Ross Levin — primary (person)
• Nicole Poore — primary (person)
• Ray Seigfried — primary (person)
• Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
• Sarah McBride — primary (person)
• Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
• Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)
• Trey Paradee — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-03-17 Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2026-03-18 Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 7 Favorable committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-19 Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2026-03-24 Assigned to Education Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2026-04-15 Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 3 Favorable, 13 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-05-07 Passed By House. Votes: 35 YES 6 ABSENT passage
• 2026-05-21 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8773bef7-2bde-4cb1-921e-857b95415c5c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).