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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO END OF LIFE OPTIONS."
+description: "This Act permits a terminally ill individual who is an adult resident of Delaware to request and self-administer medication to end the individual's life in a humane and dignified manner if both the individual's attending physician or attending advanced practice registered nurse (APRN) and a consulting physician or consulting APRN agree on the individual's diagnosis and prognosis and believe the individual has decision-making capacity, is making an informed decision, and is acting voluntarily. This Act is the same as House Bill No. 140 (152nd) with 1 technical revision to include a definition of \"physician\" for consistency and to clarify that a physician must be licensed in Delaware."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
+legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
+session: "153"
+identifier: "HB 140"
+citation: "Delaware HB 140 (153)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Brian Pettyjohn", "Bryan Townsend", "Bryant L. Richardson", "Claire Snyder-Hall", "Cyndie Romer", "David P. Sokola", "Edward S. Osienski", "Eric Morrison", "Josue O Ortega", "Mara Gorman", "Marie Pinkney", "Melanie Ross Levin", "Ray Seigfried", "Russell Huxtable", "Sean M. Lynn", "Trey Paradee"]
+version_count: 0
+action_count: 11
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2024-12-19"
+last_action: "2025-05-20"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/543dd0c8-e263-4c08-9029-009381bff24c"
+source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141725"
+source_hash: "b68484da183ecf625d2e2575e98a8fe38400b6b814adb9fd4dbce47459b1d55d"
+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 HB 140 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO END OF LIFE OPTIONS.
+
+This Act permits a terminally ill individual who is an adult resident of Delaware to request and self-administer medication to end the individual's life in a humane and dignified manner if both the individual's attending physician or attending advanced practice registered nurse (APRN) and a consulting physician or consulting APRN agree on the individual's diagnosis and prognosis and believe the individual has decision-making capacity, is making an informed decision, and is acting voluntarily. This Act is the same as House Bill No. 140 (152nd) with 1 technical revision to include a definition of "physician" for consistency and to clarify that a physician must be licensed in Delaware.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+
+## Votes
+
+- SM — **21–17** (pass) · lower
+- SM — **11–8** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
+- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
+- Bryant L. Richardson — primary (person)
+- Claire Snyder-Hall — primary (person)
+- Cyndie Romer — primary (person)
+- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
+- Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
+- Eric Morrison — primary (person)
+- Josue O Ortega — primary (person)
+- Mara Gorman — primary (person)
+- Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
+- Melanie Ross Levin — primary (person)
+- Ray Seigfried — primary (person)
+- Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
+- Sean M. Lynn — primary (person)
+- Trey Paradee — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-12-19** Introduced and Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-01-29** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 5 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits, 1 Unfavorable `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2025-03-18** Passed By House. Votes: 21 YES 17 NO 3 ABSENT `passage`
+- **2025-03-18** Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-09** Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-04-17** Amendment SA 1 to HB 140 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
+- **2025-04-17** Amendment SA 2 to HB 140 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
+- **2025-04-17** Amendment SA 1 to HB 140 - Defeated By Senate. Votes: 5 YES 13 NO 3 ABSENT `amendment-failure`
+- **2025-04-17** Amendment SA 2 to HB 140 - Defeated By Senate. Votes: 5 YES 14 NO 2 ABSENT `amendment-failure`
+- **2025-04-17** Passed By Senate. Votes: 11 YES 8 NO 2 ABSENT `passage`
+- **2025-05-20** 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/543dd0c8-e263-4c08-9029-009381bff24c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
+