AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PUPIL AND STUDENT IDENTIFICATION CARDS.
Summary
This Act requires all public schools that serve pupils in grades 7-12 that issue pupil identification cards to have printed on the identification cards the telephone or text numbers for the National Suicide Prevention and National Domestic Violence Hotlines and allows them to add the National Sexual Assault, Teen Dating Violence and Bullying Hotlines. The Act requires all public institutions of higher learning in Delaware, which issue student identification cards, to print on the student identification cards the telephone or text numbers for National Suicide Prevention, Domestic Violence Hotlines and local campus police or campus security telephone numbers and allows the institutions to add the National Sexual Assault Hotline number. This Act will be implemented for the 2022-2023 school year.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jun 2021
Committee Review
Mar 2022
House Passage
Mar 2022
Senate Passage
Mar 2022
Signed into Law
Aug 2022
Introduced Jun 23, 2021
Signed Aug 4, 2022
Floor votes · House Jan 27, 2022
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
10
Key actions
7
Committee
2
Amendments
2
Aug 4, 2022
Signed into law
Signed by Governor
executive
Mar 22, 2022
Lower · Passed
Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES
lower
Mar 17, 2022
Upper · Passed
Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT
upper
Mar 17, 2022
Upper · Passed
Amendment SA 1 to HB 254 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT
upper
Mar 17, 2022
Upper · Passed
Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits
upper
Mar 16, 2022
Introduced
Amendment SA 1 to HB 254 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
lower
Jan 27, 2022
Introduced
Assigned to Education Committee in Senate
upper
Jan 27, 2022
Lower · Passed
Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT
lower
Jan 12, 2022
Lower · Passed
Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 7 Favorable, 8 On Its Merits
lower
Jun 23, 2021
Introduced
Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in House
lower
3 primary · 13 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Darius Brown
DDemocratic
P
Krista Griffith
DDemocratic
P
Sherry Dorsey Walker
DDemocratic
Co
Bryant Richardson
RRepublican
Co
Dave Sokola
DDemocratic
Co
Debra Heffernan
DDemocratic
Co
Eric Morrison
DDemocratic
Co
JL
John L. Mitchell
DDemocratic
Co
Kendra Johnson
DDemocratic
Co
Kim Williams
DDemocratic
Co
Melissa Minor-Brown
DDemocratic
Co
Mike Smith
RRepublican
Co
Nnamdi Chukwuocha
DDemocratic
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