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type: "Bill"
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title: "ESTABLISHING DELAWARE CERTIFICATES OF MULTI-LITERACY TO HONOR AND RECOGNIZE DELAWARE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO HAVE ATTAINED HIGH LEVELS OF PROFICIENCY IN ONE OR MORE WORLD LANGUAGES IN ADDITION TO ENGLISH."
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description: "This resolution requires a Delaware Certificate of Multi-literacy be established. The criteria for such certificate is to be developed by the Department of Education no later than August 30, 2017."
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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: "HJR 4"
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citation: "Delaware HJR 4 (149)"
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classification: ["joint resolution"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Andria L. Bennett", "David P. Sokola", "Joseph E. Miro"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 7
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2017-03-21"
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last_action: "2017-07-21"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3a863b35-f93e-4daa-b3b1-a9e907607111"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25487"
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source_hash: "e8261b6c9b2b53e0e3deccee7a871dc31014058b13f9cbfae9b2388970266e9a"
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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 HJR 4 (149) — ESTABLISHING DELAWARE CERTIFICATES OF MULTI-LITERACY TO HONOR AND RECOGNIZE DELAWARE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO HAVE ATTAINED HIGH LEVELS OF PROFICIENCY IN ONE OR MORE WORLD LANGUAGES IN ADDITION TO ENGLISH.
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This resolution requires a Delaware Certificate of Multi-literacy be established. The criteria for such certificate is to be developed by the Department of Education no later than August 30, 2017.
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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=25487&legislationTypeId=4&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HJR4)
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## Votes
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- SM — **38–0** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Andria L. Bennett — primary (person)
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- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
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- Joseph E. Miro — primary (person)
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- Earl G. Jaques Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Kevin S Hensley — cosponsor (person)
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- Michael Ramone — 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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- **2017-03-21** Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2017-04-26** Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 4 Favorable, 7 On Its Merits `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2017-05-09** Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 3 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2017-05-10** Assigned to Education Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2017-06-07** Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2017-06-14** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2017-07-21** 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/3a863b35-f93e-4daa-b3b1-a9e907607111`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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