---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 AND TITLE 24 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PHARMACISTS DISPENSING AND ADMINISTERING CONTRACEPTIVES."
description: "This Act allows pharmacists to administer or dispense contraceptives under a standing order from the Division of Public Health. At least 11 states, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. Virgin Islands allow pharmacists to dispense contraceptives without a prescription from another health-care practitioner. This practice is supported by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "151"
identifier: "SB 105"
citation: "Delaware SB 105 (151)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kendra Johnson", "Marie Pinkney", "Sherry Dorsey Walker"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-04-14"
last_action: "2021-10-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4a3addde-8c48-4b5c-a769-ff1c5cea61f4"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=58564"
source_hash: "88da357a281cf7f6f4695f5912968605b88afa11fd34dbfd67371c2879d9b99a"
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 105 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 AND TITLE 24 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PHARMACISTS DISPENSING AND ADMINISTERING CONTRACEPTIVES.

This Act allows pharmacists to administer or dispense contraceptives under a standing order from the Division of Public Health. At least 11 states, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. Virgin Islands allow pharmacists to dispense contraceptives without a prescription from another health-care practitioner. This practice is supported by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.

## 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=58564&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB105)

## Votes

- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- SM — **35–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
- Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
- Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
- Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
- Eric Morrison — cosponsor (person)
- John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
- Kyle Evans Gay — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Lambert — cosponsor (person)
- Laura V. Sturgeon — cosponsor (person)
- Madinah Wilson-Anton — cosponsor (person)
- Nicole Poore — cosponsor (person)
- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
- S. Elizabeth Lockman — cosponsor (person)
- Sarah McBride — cosponsor (person)
- Sherae'a Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-04-14** Introduced and Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-21** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-27** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2021-04-28** Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-16** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 6 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-29** Passed By House. Votes: 35 YES 6 NO `passage`
- **2021-10-14** 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/4a3addde-8c48-4b5c-a769-ff1c5cea61f4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).