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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN."
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description: "This Act permits the extension of special education and related services to those students with a disability who turn 21 during the 2020-2021 school year to address unfinished learning as a result of the pandemic which resulted in the COVID-19 Declaration of a State of Emergency for the State of Delaware Due to a Public Health Threat declared by the Governor on March 12, 2020. The IEP for the child must be revised to reflect the specific basis for extending services and the specific education and related services that will be provided."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "151"
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identifier: "HB 128"
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citation: "Delaware HB 128 (151)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Debra Heffernan", "Kimberly Williams", "Krista Griffith", "Laura V. Sturgeon", "Nicole Poore", "Valerie Longhurst"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 11
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2021-03-23"
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last_action: "2021-06-03"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/53901e71-c0bf-436d-862b-36168e57b71c"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=48496"
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source_hash: "2c4e50f26d73235c44273e16422c67adb3ea0ab66662f8d40fddfbbef5bc4218"
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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 128 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN.
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This Act permits the extension of special education and related services to those students with a disability who turn 21 during the 2020-2021 school year to address unfinished learning as a result of the pandemic which resulted in the COVID-19 Declaration of a State of Emergency for the State of Delaware Due to a Public Health Threat declared by the Governor on March 12, 2020. The IEP for the child must be revised to reflect the specific basis for extending services and the specific education and related services that will be provided.
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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=48496&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB128)
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2. **HA 1 to HB 128** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=68665&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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## Votes
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- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Debra Heffernan — primary (person)
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- Kimberly Williams — primary (person)
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- Krista Griffith — primary (person)
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- Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
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- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
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- Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
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- Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
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- Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
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- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
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- Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
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- Eric Morrison — cosponsor (person)
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- Ernesto B. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
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- Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
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- John "Jack" Walsh — cosponsor (person)
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- John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
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- John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
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- Kendra Johnson — cosponsor (person)
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- Kevin S Hensley — cosponsor (person)
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- Kyle Evans Gay — cosponsor (person)
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- Larry Lambert — 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 M. Lynn — cosponsor (person)
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- Stephanie T. Bolden — cosponsor (person)
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- William Bush — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-03-23** Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-31** Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 4 Favorable, 7 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-04-01** Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-05-06** Amendment HA 1 to HB 128 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2021-05-13** Suspension of Rules in House
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- **2021-05-13** Amendment HA 1 to HB 128 - Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `amendment-passage`
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- **2021-05-13** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2021-05-13** Assigned to Education Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-05-18** Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 4 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-05-19** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2021-06-03** 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/53901e71-c0bf-436d-862b-36168e57b71c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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