---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 31 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DENTAL CARE FOR ADULT MEDICAID RECIPIENTS."
description: "Delaware is one of only 3 states that does not offer some form of adult dental coverage through Medicaid (alongside Tennessee and Alabama)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "150"
identifier: "SB 92"
citation: "Delaware SB 92 (150)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bryan Townsend", "David B. McBride", "David Bentz", "Debra Heffernan", "Harris B. McDowell", "Melissa Minor-Brown", "Nicole Poore"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 8
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-05-20"
last_action: "2019-08-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/031ea6b7-7296-499c-90d4-77416e2d829f"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=47522"
source_hash: "4951f5d6027aeda444c7e3673d020359e61d55762153381eec19adf3276f6725"
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 92 (150) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 31 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DENTAL CARE FOR ADULT MEDICAID RECIPIENTS.

Delaware is one of only 3 states that does not offer some form of adult dental coverage through Medicaid (alongside Tennessee and Alabama).

## 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=47522&legislationTypeId=6&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SS1)

## Votes

- SM — **33–7** (pass) · lower
- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
- David B. McBride — primary (person)
- David Bentz — primary (person)
- Debra Heffernan — primary (person)
- Harris B. McDowell — primary (person)
- Melissa Minor-Brown — primary (person)
- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
- Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
- Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
- John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
- John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
- Kendra Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Laura V. Sturgeon — cosponsor (person)
- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
- S. Elizabeth Lockman — cosponsor (person)
- Sean M. Lynn — cosponsor (person)
- Sherry Dorsey Walker — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
- Trey Paradee — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-20** was introduced and adopted in lieu of SB 92 `introduction`
- **2019-06-06** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2019-06-07** Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-06-12** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 7 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2019-06-14** Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-06-19** Reported Out of Committee (Appropriations) in House with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2019-06-27** Passed By House. Votes: 33 YES 7 NO 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2019-08-06** 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/031ea6b7-7296-499c-90d4-77416e2d829f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).