---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DELAWARE MEDICAL MARIJUANA ACT."
description: "This bill allows minors subject to debilitating medical conditions not specifically listed in § 4906A(b) the same petition process to have their condition considered as that allowed for adults."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "149"
identifier: "HB 210"
citation: "Delaware HB 210 (149)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bryan Townsend", "Ernesto B Lopez", "Michael Ramone"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 5
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-06-06"
last_action: "2017-07-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/91661990-75aa-452c-93b3-975028a27384"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25872"
source_hash: "1c04aad4e35b51b6855bd86059b5125b4fd3c3697a406ea992b72761f267a628"
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 210 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DELAWARE MEDICAL MARIJUANA ACT.

This bill allows minors subject to debilitating medical conditions not specifically listed in § 4906A(b) the same petition process to have their condition considered as that allowed for adults.

## 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=25872&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB210)

## Votes

- SM — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- SM — **41–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
- Ernesto B Lopez — primary (person)
- Michael Ramone — primary (person)
- Bryon H. Short — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff N. Spiegelman — cosponsor (person)
- Margaret Rose Henry — cosponsor (person)
- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-06-06** Introduced and Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-06-14** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 8 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2017-07-02** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
- **2017-07-02** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `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/91661990-75aa-452c-93b3-975028a27384`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).