---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MEDICAL MARIJUANA."
description: "This Substitute differs from Senate Bill No. 24 by requiring a patient to apply for a compassionate use medical marijuana card when a doctor recommends medical marijuana to a patient who does not have a qualifying debilitating medical condition. To apply for a compassionate use card, this Substitute requires:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "150"
identifier: "SB 24"
citation: "Delaware SB 24 (150)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anthony Delcollo", "Bryan Townsend", "David Bentz", "Ernesto B Lopez", "Michael Ramone"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-06-04"
last_action: "2019-09-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6fd16991-f803-45b2-89ea-e5bd15c5cf78"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=47574"
source_hash: "0c24c7683fdfa741c33ff1e5c1eb48f36e760e9003949841d0fb7e7804e6f901"
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 24 (150) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MEDICAL MARIJUANA.

This Substitute differs from Senate Bill No. 24 by requiring a patient to apply for a compassionate use medical marijuana card when a doctor recommends medical marijuana to a patient who does not have a qualifying debilitating medical condition. To apply for a compassionate use card, this Substitute requires:

## 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=47574&legislationTypeId=6&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SS1)
2. **SA 1 to SS 1 for SB 24** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=47861&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)

## Votes

- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower
- SM — **16–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Anthony Delcollo — primary (person)
- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
- David Bentz — primary (person)
- Ernesto B Lopez — primary (person)
- Michael Ramone — primary (person)
- Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
- Catherine Cloutier — cosponsor (person)
- Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
- Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
- Gerald W. Hocker — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrey N. Spiegelman — cosponsor (person)
- Laura V. Sturgeon — cosponsor (person)
- Michael F. Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — cosponsor (person)
- Quinton Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Raymond Seigfried — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-04** was introduced and adopted in lieu of SB 24 `introduction`
- **2019-06-20** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2019-06-27** Amendment SA 1 to SS 1 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-27** Passed By Senate. Votes: 16 YES 4 NO 1 NOT VOTING `passage`
- **2019-07-01** Suspension of Rules in House
- **2019-07-01** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2019-09-10** 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/6fd16991-f803-45b2-89ea-e5bd15c5cf78`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).