Delaware House Bill 128 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 23-2)
Status: Passed on June 3 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-06-03 - Signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

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.

An Act To Amend Title 14 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Exceptional Children.

Rep. Krista Griffith [D]	Sen. Nicole Poore [D]	Sen. Laura Sturgeon [D]	Rep. Debra Heffernan [D]
Rep. Valerie Longhurst [D]	Rep. Kimberly Williams [D]	Sen. Bruce Ennis [D]	Sen. Kyle Gay [D]
Sen. Elizabeth Lockman [D]	Sen. Ernesto Lopez [R]	Sen. David Sokola [D]	Sen. Bryan Townsend [D]
Sen. Jack Walsh [D]	Rep. Paul Baumbach [D]	Rep. Stephanie Bolden [D]	Rep. Gerald Brady [D]
Rep. William Bush [D]	Rep. Kevin Hensley [R]	Rep. Kendra Johnson [D]	Rep. John Kowalko [D]
Rep. Larry Lambert [D]	Rep. Sean Lynn [D]	Rep. John Mitchell [D]	Rep. Eric Morrison [D]
Rep. Edward Osienski [D]

2021-05-19 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 21 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-05-13 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-06-03		Signed by Governor
2021-05-19		Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
2021-05-18		Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 4 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits
2021-05-13		Assigned to Education Committee in Senate
2021-05-13		Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT
2021-05-13		Amendment HA 1 to HB 128 - Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT
2021-05-13		Suspension of Rules in House
2021-05-06		Amendment HA 1 to HB 128 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
2021-04-01		Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House
2021-03-31		Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 4 Favorable, 7 On Its Merits
2021-03-23		Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=48496
Text	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=48496&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB128
Text	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocumentEngrossment?engrossmentId=24515&docTypeId=6
Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#52083
Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#52125