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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT."
+description: "This Bill clarifies that every prescriber holding a controlled substance registration must be registered with the Prescription Monitoring Program. Further, prescribers who receive a CSR (controlled substances registration) for the first time must register with the Prescription Monitoring Program within 90 days."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
+legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
+session: "149"
+identifier: "SB 44"
+citation: "Delaware SB 44 (149)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bryan Townsend", "David Bentz"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 9
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2017-03-30"
+last_action: "2017-07-21"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/667f29e9-2c99-45ad-aa47-dac9dea485a7"
+source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25566"
+source_hash: "fe4c37e5947ccf7cff2f21e09b68925ee182d5068eba1d0bdbfd5d85b3437f0a"
+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 SB 44 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT.
+
+This Bill clarifies that every prescriber holding a controlled substance registration must be registered with the Prescription Monitoring Program. Further, prescribers who receive a CSR (controlled substances registration) for the first time must register with the Prescription Monitoring Program within 90 days.
+
+## 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=25566&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB44)
+
+## Votes
+
+- SM — **20–0** (pass) · upper
+- SM — **41–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
+- David Bentz — primary (person)
+- Deborah Hudson — cosponsor (person)
+- Debra Heffernan — cosponsor (person)
+- Ernesto B Lopez — cosponsor (person)
+- Gerald W. Hocker — cosponsor (person)
+- Helene M. Keeley — cosponsor (person)
+- Joseph E. Miro — cosponsor (person)
+- Kimberly Williams — cosponsor (person)
+- Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
+- Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
+- Trey Charles Paradee — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-03-30** Introduced and Assigned to Health, Children & Social Services Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2017-04-05** Reported Out of Committee (Health, Children & Social Services) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
+- **2017-04-26** Amendment SA 1 to SB 44 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
+- **2017-04-26** Amendment SA 1 to SB 44 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `amendment-passage`
+- **2017-04-26** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
+- **2017-04-27** Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2017-05-03** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 10 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
+- **2017-06-30** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
+- **2017-07-21** 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/667f29e9-2c99-45ad-aa47-dac9dea485a7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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