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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO TIANEPTINE."
+description: "This Act bans the sale of Tianeptine in the State by identifying it as a Schedule I controlled substance. Tianeptine, also known as “gas station heroin,” is an antidepressant drug that is not approved by the FDA and is being sold as a dietary supplement in gas stations and other shops. This Act requires approval by a two-thirds vote because the statutory change will result in the expansion of an existing misdemeanor."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
+legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
+session: "153"
+identifier: "HB 21"
+citation: "Delaware HB 21 (153)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Brian Pettyjohn", "Bryant L. Richardson", "Claire Snyder-Hall", "Cyndie Romer", "Eric Morrison", "Franklin D. Cooke", "Kerri Evelyn Harris", "Kimberly Williams", "Laura V. Sturgeon", "Mara Gorman", "Marie Pinkney", "Melanie Ross Levin", "Nicole Poore", "Russell Huxtable", "Sarah McBride"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 10
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2024-12-19"
+last_action: "2025-07-21"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ba62ca26-a78e-44d8-aecc-b72b79683b16"
+source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141727"
+source_hash: "6be7425b69ef300dedca64f780ee17cc36bbc62690c265b4e3254b34b89a1e7f"
+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 21 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO TIANEPTINE.
+
+This Act bans the sale of Tianeptine in the State by identifying it as a Schedule I controlled substance. Tianeptine, also known as “gas station heroin,” is an antidepressant drug that is not approved by the FDA and is being sold as a dietary supplement in gas stations and other shops. This Act requires approval by a two-thirds vote because the statutory change will result in the expansion of an existing misdemeanor.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **SA 1 to HB 21** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=142659&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 2/3 — **36–0** (pass) · lower
+- 2/3 — **21–0** (pass) · upper
+- 2/3 — **37–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
+- Bryant L. Richardson — primary (person)
+- Claire Snyder-Hall — primary (person)
+- Cyndie Romer — primary (person)
+- Eric Morrison — primary (person)
+- Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
+- Kerri Evelyn Harris — primary (person)
+- Kimberly Williams — primary (person)
+- Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
+- Mara Gorman — primary (person)
+- Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
+- Melanie Ross Levin — primary (person)
+- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
+- Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
+- Sarah McBride — 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 9 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-20** Passed By House. Votes: 36 YES 5 ABSENT `passage`
+- **2025-03-20** Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-26** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits, 1 Unfavorable `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2025-06-30** Amendment SA 1 to HB 21 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
+- **2025-06-30** Amendment SA 1 to HB 21 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-06-30** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
+- **2025-06-30** Passed By House. Votes: 37 YES 3 ABSENT 1 VACANT `passage`
+- **2025-07-21** 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/ba62ca26-a78e-44d8-aecc-b72b79683b16`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
+