---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 21 AND 24 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DRIVER’S LICENSES."
description: "This Act does all of the following: (1) Allows for all licensed practitioners that are treating a driver for a medical condition to report findings which allows for Nurse Practitioner, Physician Assistant, or Physician to sign Division paperwork and mirrors verbiage found in Title 24; (2) Updates the name of Medical Council to Board of Medical Licensure and Discipline which ensures compliance with code in handling of individual cases; and (3) Changes the Secretary of Health and Social Services to Secretary of Transportation for determining the status of driver’s license for individuals with a potential medical condition which allows for quicker response and ensures the confidentiality of a driver. Lastly it removes a section from the Medical Licensure Act consistent with the other provisions of the bill."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "152"
identifier: "HB 314"
citation: "Delaware HB 314 (152)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Edward S. Osienski", "Kendra Johnson", "Russell Huxtable", "Sean Matthews"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-29"
last_action: "2024-08-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/78f48ea0-a105-4847-889c-caa81eb5fa84"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=140954"
source_hash: "7f999cf2e5e117ad75b5d4f0b4a89ae922b13d42109bf8d936456e44450854c1"
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 314 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 21 AND 24 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DRIVER’S LICENSES.

This Act does all of the following: (1) Allows for all licensed practitioners that are treating a driver for a medical condition to report findings which allows for Nurse Practitioner, Physician Assistant, or Physician to sign Division paperwork and mirrors verbiage found in Title 24; (2) Updates the name of Medical Council to Board of Medical Licensure and Discipline which ensures compliance with code in handling of individual cases; and (3) Changes the Secretary of Health and Social Services to Secretary of Transportation for determining the status of driver’s license for individuals with a potential medical condition which allows for quicker response and ensures the confidentiality of a driver. Lastly it removes a section from the Medical Licensure Act consistent with the other provisions of the bill.

## 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=140954&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB314)

## Votes

- SM — **39–0** (pass) · lower
- 3/5 — **21–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
- Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
- Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
- Sean Matthews — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-29** Introduced and Assigned to Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-19** Reported Out of Committee (Public Safety & Homeland Security) in House with 3 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-28** Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT `passage`
- **2024-03-28** Assigned to Environment, Energy & Transportation Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-15** Reported Out of Committee (Environment, Energy & Transportation) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-18** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2024-08-02** 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/78f48ea0-a105-4847-889c-caa81eb5fa84`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).