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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS."
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description: "Under current educational standards, students are no longer required to be taught cursive writing and many schools have abandoned teaching cursive writing to students. As cursive writing is still an imperative skill in many professions, this bill makes teaching cursive writing a requirement for all public schools in Delaware."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "149"
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identifier: "HB 70"
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citation: "Delaware HB 70 (149)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Andria L. Bennett", "Brian Pettyjohn", "Deborah Hudson", "Margaret Rose Henry"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 9
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2017-03-09"
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last_action: "2017-08-30"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/db218a30-6956-4173-a441-3b4ebfde1ddf"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25454"
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source_hash: "388991764b79c90d771a7076b2f0163e44e6cd387851837225864d7a12ad9f95"
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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 70 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS.
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Under current educational standards, students are no longer required to be taught cursive writing and many schools have abandoned teaching cursive writing to students. As cursive writing is still an imperative skill in many professions, this bill makes teaching cursive writing a requirement for all public schools in Delaware.
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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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1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=25454&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB70)
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## Votes
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- SM — **17–2** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **36–1** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Andria L. Bennett — primary (person)
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- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
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- Deborah Hudson — primary (person)
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- Margaret Rose Henry — primary (person)
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- Bryant L. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
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- Colin Bonini — cosponsor (person)
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- Daniel B. Short — cosponsor (person)
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- Dave G. Lawson — cosponsor (person)
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- David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
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- Gerald W. Hocker — cosponsor (person)
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- Helene M. Keeley — cosponsor (person)
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- John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
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- John Walsh — cosponsor (person)
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- Kimberly Williams — cosponsor (person)
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- Richard G. Collins — cosponsor (person)
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- Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
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- William R. Outten — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-03-09** Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2017-04-05** Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 5 Favorable, 7 On Its Merits `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2017-05-17** Amendment HA 1 to HB 70 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2017-06-08** Amendment HA 1 to HB 70 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2017-06-08** Passed By House. Votes: 36 YES 1 NO 1 NOT VOTING 3 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2017-06-09** Assigned to Education Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2017-06-14** Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2017-06-21** Passed By Senate. Votes: 17 YES 2 NO 2 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2017-08-30** 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/db218a30-6956-4173-a441-3b4ebfde1ddf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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