---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 31 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DENTAL CARE FOR ADULT MEDICAID RECIPIENTS."
description: "This Act delays to October 1, 2020, the expansion of dental care to all eligible adult Medicaid recipients provided for under Senate Substitute No. 1 for Senate Bill No. 92 (150th General Assembly), Chapter 187 of Volume 82 of the Laws of Delaware."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "150"
identifier: "SB 237"
citation: "Delaware SB 237 (150)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bryan Townsend", "Raymond Seigfried"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-06-10"
last_action: "2020-09-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b8b300a9-a3b2-49cd-8f9f-b17823397f60"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=48125"
source_hash: "f6bc55762c758583088b8eccfb3592144e481f2f37189f9ef3c5243776113d1f"
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 237 (150) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 31 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DENTAL CARE FOR ADULT MEDICAID RECIPIENTS.

This Act delays to October 1, 2020, the expansion of dental care to all eligible adult Medicaid recipients provided for under Senate Substitute No. 1 for Senate Bill No. 92 (150th General Assembly), Chapter 187 of Volume 82 of the Laws of Delaware.

## 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=48125&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB237)

## Votes

- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- SM — **41–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
- Raymond Seigfried — primary (person)
- Catherine Cloutier — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-06-10** Introduced and Laid on Table in Senate `introduction`
- **2020-06-16** Suspension of Rules in Senate
- **2020-06-16** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2020-06-16** Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-06-24** Suspension of Rules in House
- **2020-06-24** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
- **2020-09-28** 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/b8b300a9-a3b2-49cd-8f9f-b17823397f60`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).