---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 24 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO NURSING."
description: "This Act, named the Share the Care Act, permits an individual employed by a personal assistance services agency to administer medications to an adult individual who resides in the individual’s own home if a responsible caregiver does the following:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "150"
identifier: "SB 27"
citation: "Delaware SB 27 (150)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John \"Jack\" Walsh", "Paul S. Baumbach"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 8
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-03-06"
last_action: "2019-06-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1eb0bf3e-d61b-42df-8a46-dbf099937899"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=47154"
source_hash: "71b707699e96230d9c5c006e22fa4ebc86c202b56a5603f84e13283a23eb3818"
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 27 (150) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 24 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO NURSING.

This Act, named the Share the Care Act, permits an individual employed by a personal assistance services agency to administer medications to an adult individual who resides in the individual’s own home if a responsible caregiver does the following:

## 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=47154&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB27)
2. **SA 1 to SB 27** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=47384&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)

## Votes

- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower
- SM — **20–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
- Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
- Anthony Delcollo — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
- Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
- Bryant L. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- Catherine Cloutier — cosponsor (person)
- Colin Bonini — cosponsor (person)
- Dave G. Lawson — cosponsor (person)
- David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
- Debra Heffernan — cosponsor (person)
- Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
- Ernesto B Lopez — cosponsor (person)
- Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
- Gerald W. Hocker — cosponsor (person)
- John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
- Kimberly Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Laura V. Sturgeon — cosponsor (person)
- Nnamdi O. Chukwuocha — cosponsor (person)
- Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
- Sherry Dorsey Walker — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
- William Bush — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-06** Introduced and Assigned to Sunset Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-13** Reported Out of Committee (Sunset) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-18** Amendment SA 1 to SB 27 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-18** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2019-05-02** Assigned to Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability) Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-08** Reported Out of Committee (Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability)) in House with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-14** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2019-06-13** 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/1eb0bf3e-d61b-42df-8a46-dbf099937899`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).