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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CONSENT EDUCATION."
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description: "This Act requires that the health education programs presented by the Department of Education include instruction on what it means to \"consent\" in the context of a sexual encounter."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "150"
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identifier: "SB 78"
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citation: "Delaware SB 78 (150)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Nicole Poore", "Valerie Longhurst"]
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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: "2019-04-18"
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last_action: "2019-09-10"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/69ae2961-61a2-4e6e-b102-4e3becaa474b"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=47387"
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source_hash: "abc6e29551c1c4428e91737e400e4c1d94026aad29bc2b4b2f38b90ab8d85fcf"
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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 SB 78 (150) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CONSENT EDUCATION.
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This Act requires that the health education programs presented by the Department of Education include instruction on what it means to "consent" in the context of a sexual encounter.
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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=47387&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB78)
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## Votes
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- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **41–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
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- Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
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- Anthony Delcollo — cosponsor (person)
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- Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
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- Catherine Cloutier — cosponsor (person)
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- David B. McBride — cosponsor (person)
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- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
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- Ernesto B Lopez — cosponsor (person)
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- John J. Viola — cosponsor (person)
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- John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
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- Kendra Johnson — cosponsor (person)
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- Laura V. Sturgeon — cosponsor (person)
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- Nnamdi O. Chukwuocha — cosponsor (person)
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- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
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- S. Elizabeth Lockman — cosponsor (person)
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- Sean Matthews — cosponsor (person)
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- Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
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- Trey Paradee — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-04-18** Introduced and Assigned to Elections, Govt. & Community Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2019-05-08** Reported Out of Committee (Elections, Govt. & Community Affairs) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2019-06-12** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2019-06-13** Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2019-06-19** Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2019-06-30** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
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- **2019-09-10** 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/69ae2961-61a2-4e6e-b102-4e3becaa474b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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