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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC REVIEW."
+description: "This Act repeals the requirement that a person must apply for a certificate of public review prior to the acquisition of major medical equipment. A certificate of public review may still be required if the acquisition meets the capital expenditure threshold under § 9304(a)(2) of Title 16."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
+legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
+session: "153"
+identifier: "HB 17"
+citation: "Delaware HB 17 (153)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Brian Pettyjohn", "Bryan Townsend", "Bryant L. Richardson", "Claire Snyder-Hall", "Darius J. Brown", "Dave G. Lawson", "David L. Wilson", "David P. Sokola", "Eric Morrison", "Franklin D. Cooke", "John \"Jack\" Walsh", "Josue O Ortega", "Kerri Evelyn Harris", "Laura V. Sturgeon", "Marie Pinkney", "Melanie Ross Levin", "Nicole Poore", "Ray Seigfried", "Ronald E. Gray", "Russell Huxtable", "Sarah McBride", "Spiros Mantzavinos", "Stell Parker Selby", "Trey Paradee"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 9
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2026-03-05"
+last_action: "2026-05-12"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/57069c64-71e3-4ac4-9825-1316a19a874c"
+source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=142876"
+source_hash: "afb8f518e8462b2ce2fd56d04a1bd388281953e4229b97586c40c2694251a498"
+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 17 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC REVIEW.
+
+This Act repeals the requirement that a person must apply for a certificate of public review prior to the acquisition of major medical equipment. A certificate of public review may still be required if the acquisition meets the capital expenditure threshold under § 9304(a)(2) of Title 16.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **HA 1 to HB 17** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=142965&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
+
+## Votes
+
+- SM — **20–0** (pass) · upper
+- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
+- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
+- Bryant L. Richardson — primary (person)
+- Claire Snyder-Hall — primary (person)
+- Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
+- Dave G. Lawson — primary (person)
+- David L. Wilson — primary (person)
+- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
+- Eric Morrison — primary (person)
+- Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
+- John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
+- Josue O Ortega — primary (person)
+- Kerri Evelyn Harris — primary (person)
+- Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
+- Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
+- Melanie Ross Levin — primary (person)
+- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
+- Ray Seigfried — primary (person)
+- Ronald E. Gray — primary (person)
+- Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
+- Sarah McBride — primary (person)
+- Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
+- Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)
+- Trey Paradee — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-03-05** Introduced and Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-18** Amendment HA 1 to HB 17 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
+- **2026-03-18** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 1 Favorable, 13 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-24** Amendment HA 1 to HB 17 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
+- **2026-03-24** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
+- **2026-03-24** Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2026-04-15** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 6 Favorable `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-21** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
+- **2026-05-12** 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/57069c64-71e3-4ac4-9825-1316a19a874c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
+