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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO EDUCATOR LICENSURE AND CERTIFICATION."
description: "This Act authorizes the Department of Education to issue an initial or continuing license to a Junior Reserve Officer Training Core (JROTC) Instructor who has been certified by the United States Department of Defense (USDOD). This Act also removes outdated language."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "152"
identifier: "HB 163"
citation: "Delaware HB 163 (152)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David L. Wilson", "Edward S. Osienski", "Franklin D. Cooke", "John \"Jack\" Walsh", "Kendra Johnson", "Kimberly Williams", "Laura V. Sturgeon", "Michael F. Smith", "Paul S. Baumbach", "Ronald E. Gray", "Ruth Briggs King"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-05-17"
last_action: "2023-08-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/80e6615f-0fc9-4a5a-92ca-809d3509353a"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=140412"
source_hash: "252dcb66c3742c24bbd66b9fef17a0924b053ddb3fabcfe32d9745d4e84dd57f"
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 HB 163 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO EDUCATOR LICENSURE AND CERTIFICATION.
This Act authorizes the Department of Education to issue an initial or continuing license to a Junior Reserve Officer Training Core (JROTC) Instructor who has been certified by the United States Department of Defense (USDOD). This Act also removes outdated language.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=140412&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB163)
## Votes
- SM — **380** (pass) · lower
- 2/3 — **210** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- David L. Wilson — primary (person)
- Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
- Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
- John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
- Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
- Kimberly Williams — primary (person)
- Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
- Michael F. Smith — primary (person)
- Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
- Ronald E. Gray — primary (person)
- Ruth Briggs King — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-05-17** Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-07** Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 11 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2023-06-22** Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 3 ABSENT `passage`
- **2023-06-22** Assigned to Education Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-27** Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2023-06-30** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2023-08-09** 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/80e6615f-0fc9-4a5a-92ca-809d3509353a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).