---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PROSTATE CANCER SCREENING."
description: "According to the American Cancer Society, prostate cancer is the second-leading cause of death from cancer in men. It is estimated that about 1 in 41 men will die of prostate cancer. According to ZERO Prostate Cancer, Black men face serious health care disparities regarding prostate cancer. 1 in 6 Black men will develop prostate cancer in their lifetime compared to 1 in 8 men overall. Black men are also 1.7 times more likely to be diagnosed with, and 2.1 times more likely to die from, prostate cancer than white men."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "152"
identifier: "HB 302"
citation: "Delaware HB 302 (152)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian Pettyjohn", "David L. Wilson", "Edward S. Osienski", "Eric Morrison", "Franklin D. Cooke", "Kendra Johnson", "Kerri Evelyn Harris", "Madinah Wilson-Anton", "Paul S. Baumbach", "Peter C. Schwartzkopf", "Russell Huxtable", "Sean M. Lynn", "Sherry Dorsey Walker", "Stell Parker Selby", "Stephanie T. Bolden", "William Bush"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 6
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-04-11"
last_action: "2024-10-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/98c78a33-174f-4121-bd0f-a87d32551043"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141173"
source_hash: "f26653f8831e1c3393b26e2b35c1208007a85f5bbd4b012352b3413c170b76bc"
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 302 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PROSTATE CANCER SCREENING.

According to the American Cancer Society, prostate cancer is the second-leading cause of death from cancer in men. It is estimated that about 1 in 41 men will die of prostate cancer. According to ZERO Prostate Cancer, Black men face serious health care disparities regarding prostate cancer. 1 in 6 Black men will develop prostate cancer in their lifetime compared to 1 in 8 men overall. Black men are also 1.7 times more likely to be diagnosed with, and 2.1 times more likely to die from, prostate cancer than white men.

## 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=141173&legislationTypeId=6&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HS1forHB302)

## Votes

- 3/5 — **18–0** (pass) · upper
- SM — **24–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
- David L. Wilson — primary (person)
- Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
- Eric Morrison — primary (person)
- Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
- Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
- Kerri Evelyn Harris — primary (person)
- Madinah Wilson-Anton — primary (person)
- Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
- Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
- Sean M. Lynn — primary (person)
- Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
- Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)
- Stephanie T. Bolden — primary (person)
- William Bush — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-04-11** was introduced and adopted in lieu of HB 302 `introduction`
- **2024-05-07** Passed By House. Votes: 24 YES 3 NO 8 NOT VOTING 6 ABSENT `passage`
- **2024-05-07** Assigned to Banking, Business, Insurance & Technology Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-22** Reported Out of Committee (Banking, Business, Insurance & Technology) in Senate with 6 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2024-06-20** Passed By Senate. Votes: 18 YES 3 ABSENT `passage`
- **2024-10-28** 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/98c78a33-174f-4121-bd0f-a87d32551043`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).