---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE LYME DISEASE OVERSIGHT BOARD."
description: "This bill makes needed changes to the Lyme Disease Oversight Board by adding 2 members including an infectious disease epidemiologist and a licensed veterinarian or entomology specialist."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "151"
identifier: "HB 425"
citation: "Delaware HB 425 (151)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Daniel B. Short", "Ernesto B. Lopez", "Peter C. Schwartzkopf"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-05-12"
last_action: "2022-10-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/674dcee3-8ad5-4aa4-af7e-7614837f59bd"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=109505"
source_hash: "86e01d57be72e845fe1bd6f67f3d7defc8354594168d67dbc7e26b4a0e31ecbf"
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 425 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE LYME DISEASE OVERSIGHT BOARD.

This bill makes needed changes to the Lyme Disease Oversight Board by adding 2 members including an infectious disease epidemiologist and a licensed veterinarian or entomology specialist.

## 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=109505&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB425)
2. **HA 3 to HB 425** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=129692&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)

## Votes

- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Daniel B. Short — primary (person)
- Ernesto B. Lopez — primary (person)
- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
- Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
- Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
- Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
- Bryant L. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- Colin Bonini — cosponsor (person)
- Darius J. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Dave G. Lawson — cosponsor (person)
- David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
- Gerald W. Hocker — cosponsor (person)
- John "Jack" Walsh — cosponsor (person)
- Kyle Evans Gay — cosponsor (person)
- Laura V. Sturgeon — cosponsor (person)
- Marie Pinkney — cosponsor (person)
- Michael F. Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Ramone — cosponsor (person)
- Nicole Poore — cosponsor (person)
- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
- Richard G. Collins — cosponsor (person)
- Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
- S. Elizabeth Lockman — cosponsor (person)
- Sarah McBride — cosponsor (person)
- Spiros Mantzavinos — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy D. Dukes — cosponsor (person)
- Trey Paradee — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-05-12** Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-05-17** Amendment HA 1 to HB 425 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-05-17** Amendment HA 2 to HB 425 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-05-18** Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2022-06-13** Amendment HA 3 to HB 425 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-06-14** Amendment HA 1 to HB 425 - Stricken in House
- **2022-06-14** Amendment HA 2 to HB 425 - Stricken in House
- **2022-06-14** Amendment HA 3 to HB 425 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2022-06-14** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2022-06-14** Assigned to Legislative Oversight & Sunset Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-21** Reported Out of Committee (Legislative Oversight & Sunset) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-30** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2022-10-21** 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/674dcee3-8ad5-4aa4-af7e-7614837f59bd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).