Delaware House Bill 175 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 23-3)
Status: Passed on June 30 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-06-30 - Signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

This Act allows one excused absence per school year for students grades 6 through 12 to attend civic engagements such as visits to the United States Capitol, Legislative Hall, and sites of political and cultural significance, or participation in a rally, march, protest, or walkout. For a student to attend a civic engagement event, the students parent or guardian must provide written permission no later than 3 school days prior to the students planned absence. The school shall determine what is acceptable as written permission. If the principal or another school or school district official does not confirm receipt of written permission with the parent or guardian prior to the students planned absence, permission for the student to attend the civic engagement event as an excused absence is presumed.

An Act To Amend Title 14 Of The Delaware Code Relating To School Attendance.

Rep. Eric Morrison [D]	Sen. Laura Sturgeon [D]	Rep. Sherry Dorsey Walker [D]	Rep. Sherae'a Moore [D]
Sen. Stephanie Hansen [D]	Sen. Elizabeth Lockman [D]	Sen. Sarah McBride [D]	Sen. Charles Paradee [D]
Sen. Marie Pinkney [D]	Sen. Jack Walsh [D]	Rep. Paul Baumbach [D]	Rep. Andria Bennett [D]
Rep. David Bentz [D]	Rep. Gerald Brady [D]	Rep. Ruth Briggs King [R]	Rep. Kendra Johnson [D]
Rep. John Kowalko [D]	Rep. Larry Lambert [D]	Rep. Valerie Longhurst [D]	Rep. Sean Lynn [D]
Rep. Melissa Minor-Brown [D]	Rep. Edward Osienski [D]	Rep. Michael Ramone [R]	Rep. Michael Smith [R]
Rep. Kimberly Williams [D]	Rep. Madinah Wilson-Anton [D]

2021-06-22 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 13 N: 8 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-06-10 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 38 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-06-30		Signed by Governor
2021-06-22		Passed By Senate. Votes: 13 YES 8 NO
2021-06-15		Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits
2021-06-10		Assigned to Education Committee in Senate
2021-06-10		Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 1 NO 2 ABSENT
2021-06-10		Amendment HA 2 to HB 175 - Passed In House by Voice Vote
2021-05-13		Amendment HA 2 to HB 175 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
2021-05-12		Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 4 Favorable, 9 On Its Merits
2021-05-06		Amendment HA 1 to HB 175 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
2021-04-22		Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=68607
Text	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=68607&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB175
Text	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocumentEngrossment?engrossmentId=24601&docTypeId=6
Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#52259
Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#52383