republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/153/sb-81.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO TEACHER SALARIES.	This Act removes the time restriction that only allowed for certain teachers or specialists who were hired after August 9, 2023, to obtain additional experience credit for purposes of salary computation. This Act would allow for teachers or specialists hired before August 9, 2023, to qualify for the same experience credit for purposes of salary computation.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	153	SB 81	Delaware SB 81 (153)	bill		enacted	Brian Pettyjohn Bryan Townsend Bryant L. Richardson Claire Snyder-Hall Eric Morrison Franklin D. Cooke John "Jack" Walsh Josue O Ortega Laura V. Sturgeon Marie Pinkney Ray Seigfried Ronald E. Gray Russell Huxtable S. Elizabeth Lockman Sarah McBride Spiros Mantzavinos	2	11	2	2025-04-03	2025-09-02	openstates	ocd-bill/a6c2de49-1eb9-4d1b-81a6-0993561aff4d	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=142035	63d14d26a55c5c33aa097e4011bb673c947415bca5f8b0f4e5f87f0ce98b9de7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware SB 81 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO TEACHER SALARIES.

This Act removes the time restriction that only allowed for certain teachers or specialists who were hired after August 9, 2023, to obtain additional experience credit for purposes of salary computation. This Act would allow for teachers or specialists hired before August 9, 2023, to qualify for the same experience credit for purposes of salary computation.

Version chain

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

1. SA 1 to SB 81 (committee substitute) — source
2. SA 2 to SB 81 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

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

Sponsors

• Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
• Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
• Bryant L. Richardson — primary (person)
• Claire Snyder-Hall — primary (person)
• Eric Morrison — primary (person)
• Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
• John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
• Josue O Ortega — primary (person)
• Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
• Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
• Ray Seigfried — primary (person)
• Ronald E. Gray — primary (person)
• Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
• S. Elizabeth Lockman — primary (person)
• Sarah McBride — primary (person)
• Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-04-03 Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2025-04-15 Amendment SA 1 to SB 81 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2025-04-17 Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-05-13 Amendment SA 2 to SB 81 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2025-05-14 Amendment SA 1 to SB 81 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES amendment-passage
• 2025-05-14 Amendment SA 2 to SB 81 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES amendment-passage
• 2025-05-14 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2025-05-15 Assigned to Education Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2025-05-21 Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 9 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2025-06-26 Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 VACANT passage
• 2025-09-02 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a6c2de49-1eb9-4d1b-81a6-0993561aff4d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).