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HB 240 Delaware House · 151st General Assembly (2021-2022)

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 31 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS AND APPROPRIATING GENERAL FUNDS TO THE STUDENT EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE FUND.

Summary
This Act creates the Korey Thompson Student Emergency Housing Assistance Fund for the benefit of housing insecure undergraduate students at any college or university in Delaware and appropriates $90,000 to the Fund for FY2022. DSHA is charged with administering the Fund and reporting to the Governor and the General Assembly how the funds are spent.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jun 2021
Committee Review
Jun 2021
House Passage
Jun 2021
Senate Passage
Jun 2021
Signed into Law
Oct 2021
Introduced Jun 3, 2021 Signed Oct 6, 2021
Floor votes · Senate Jun 29, 2021 · House Jun 17, 2021

How they voted

20–0
Passed
Total votes 20
Jun 29, 2021
D Democratic13
13 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican7
7 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
9
Key actions
6
Committee
3
Oct 6, 2021
Signed into law
Signed by Governor
executive
Jun 29, 2021
Upper · Passed
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
upper
Jun 24, 2021
Upper · Passed
Reported Out of Committee (Finance) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits
upper
Jun 23, 2021
Introduced
Assigned to Finance Committee in Senate
upper
Jun 23, 2021
Upper · Passed
Reported Out of Committee (Housing) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits
upper
Jun 17, 2021
Introduced
Assigned to Housing Committee in Senate
upper
Jun 17, 2021
Lower · Passed
Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 NO
lower
Jun 9, 2021
Lower · Passed
Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 4 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits
lower
Jun 3, 2021
Introduced
Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House
lower
8 primary · 12 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Kim Williams
Kim Williams
DDemocratic
DE
19
P
Photo of Laura Sturgeon
Laura Sturgeon
DDemocratic
DE
4
P
Photo of Melissa Minor-Brown
Melissa Minor-Brown
DDemocratic
DE
17
P
Photo of Nicole Poore
Nicole Poore
DDemocratic
DE
12
P
Photo of Nnamdi Chukwuocha
Nnamdi Chukwuocha
DDemocratic
DE
1
P
Photo of Pete Schwartzkopf
Pete Schwartzkopf
DDemocratic
DE
14
P
Photo of Tizzy Lockman
Tizzy Lockman
DDemocratic
DE
3
P
Photo of Val Longhurst
Val Longhurst
DDemocratic
DE
15
Co
Photo of Bryan Townsend
Bryan Townsend
DDemocratic
DE
11
Co
Photo of Danny Short
Danny Short
RRepublican
DE
39
Co
Photo of Dave Sokola
Dave Sokola
DDemocratic
DE
8
Co
Photo of Debra Heffernan
Debra Heffernan
DDemocratic
DE
6
Co
JL
John L. Mitchell
DDemocratic
DE
13
Co
Photo of Kendra Johnson
Kendra Johnson
DDemocratic
DE
5
Co
Photo of Krista Griffith
Krista Griffith
DDemocratic
DE
12
Co
Photo of Larry Lambert
Larry Lambert
DDemocratic
DE
7
Co
Photo of Madinah Wilson-Anton
Madinah Wilson-Anton
DDemocratic
DE
26
Co
Photo of Marie Pinkney
Marie Pinkney
DDemocratic
DE
13