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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DRUG OVERDOSE FATALITY REVIEW COMMISSION."
+description: "This Act allows the Drug Overdose Fatality Review Commission (\"Commission\") to review all deaths related to a drug overdose, regardless of the type of drug implicated in the overdose death. This change will allow the Commission to obtain and review all medical records, including substance abuse and mental health records, when there is a death related to a drug overdose. This approach will allow the Commission to monitor the evolving nature of societal drug use over time and make recommendations that are proactive in reducing the harm from emerging trends."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
+legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
+session: "151"
+identifier: "SB 44"
+citation: "Delaware SB 44 (151)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bryan Townsend", "David Bentz", "Larry Lambert", "Laura V. Sturgeon", "Stephanie L. Hansen"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 10
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2021-01-21"
+last_action: "2021-06-15"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7981d1e4-8478-4a65-b9a2-349c465261fa"
+source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=48320"
+source_hash: "0f70a7342bd087aac5c7375f2908e2f57670a62931e83586fd855aef92a11e86"
+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 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DRUG OVERDOSE FATALITY REVIEW COMMISSION.
+
+This Act allows the Drug Overdose Fatality Review Commission ("Commission") to review all deaths related to a drug overdose, regardless of the type of drug implicated in the overdose death. This change will allow the Commission to obtain and review all medical records, including substance abuse and mental health records, when there is a death related to a drug overdose. This approach will allow the Commission to monitor the evolving nature of societal drug use over time and make recommendations that are proactive in reducing the harm from emerging trends.
+
+## 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=48320&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB44)
+2. **SA 1 to SB 44** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=48417&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
+
+## Votes
+
+- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
+- 2/3 — **40–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
+- David Bentz — primary (person)
+- Larry Lambert — primary (person)
+- Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
+- Stephanie L. Hansen — primary (person)
+- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
+- Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
+- Eric Morrison — cosponsor (person)
+- John "Jack" Walsh — cosponsor (person)
+- John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
+- Krista Griffith — cosponsor (person)
+- Marie Pinkney — cosponsor (person)
+- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
+- Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
+- Sean M. Lynn — cosponsor (person)
+- Spiros Mantzavinos — cosponsor (person)
+- Trey Paradee — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-01-21** Introduced and Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-04** Amendment SA 1 to SB 44 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
+- **2021-03-09** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-23** Amendment SA 1 to SB 44 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 NO `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-03-23** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
+- **2021-03-24** Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-31** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 8 Favorable, 6 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-05-14** Suspension of Rules in House
+- **2021-05-18** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
+- **2021-06-15** 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/7981d1e4-8478-4a65-b9a2-349c465261fa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
+