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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO TITLE IX."
description: "This Act requires schools that receive federal funding ensure students, staff, and faculty are protected from sex-based discrimination and sex-based harassment. The Act further requires schools to communicate to students, through their website, the existence of Title IX administrators as required by federal law. The Act requires the schools website provide information explaining the roles and duties of Title IX administrators, how to contact the appropriate Title IX administrator, and the schools Title IX policy. The Act ensures that students have access to the appropriate forms to start a complaint and access to the FAQ link provided by U.S. Office of Civil Rights. The Act instructs the school to provide an explanation and examples of possible supportive measures for students who experience sex-based discrimination or sex-based harassment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "153"
identifier: "SB 91"
citation: "Delaware SB 91 (153)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian Pettyjohn", "Claire Snyder-Hall", "Cyndie Romer", "David L. Wilson", "Eric Morrison", "Josue O Ortega", "Laura V. Sturgeon", "Mara Gorman", "Marie Pinkney", "Melanie Ross Levin"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 10
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-04-03"
last_action: "2025-09-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eabbe637-1cb5-420b-aaec-519eb1e0bac1"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=142052"
source_hash: "f19cfe78a0212c7c86f3d431581023b8b47ae7762977e488acb773cceb74180d"
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 91 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO TITLE IX.
This Act requires schools that receive federal funding ensure students, staff, and faculty are protected from sex-based discrimination and sex-based harassment. The Act further requires schools to communicate to students, through their website, the existence of Title IX administrators as required by federal law. The Act requires the schools website provide information explaining the roles and duties of Title IX administrators, how to contact the appropriate Title IX administrator, and the schools Title IX policy. The Act ensures that students have access to the appropriate forms to start a complaint and access to the FAQ link provided by U.S. Office of Civil Rights. The Act instructs the school to provide an explanation and examples of possible supportive measures for students who experience sex-based discrimination or sex-based harassment.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **HA 1 to SB 91** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=142361&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
## Votes
- SM — **400** (pass) · lower
- SM — **181** (pass) · upper
- SM — **210** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
- Claire Snyder-Hall — primary (person)
- Cyndie Romer — primary (person)
- David L. Wilson — primary (person)
- Eric Morrison — primary (person)
- Josue O Ortega — primary (person)
- Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
- Mara Gorman — primary (person)
- Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
- Melanie Ross Levin — 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`
- **2025-04-09** Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-17** Passed By Senate. Votes: 18 YES 1 NO 2 ABSENT `passage`
- **2025-05-01** Assigned to Education Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-07** Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 1 Favorable, 9 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-21** Amendment HA 1 to SB 91 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-06-26** Amendment HA 1 to SB 91 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2025-06-26** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 VACANT `passage`
- **2025-06-30** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2025-09-02** 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/eabbe637-1cb5-420b-aaec-519eb1e0bac1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).