---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DELAWARE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH."
description: "This Act updates provisions of the code covering the Delaware Institute of Medical Education Research (DIMER), which creates partnerships with out-of-state medical schools as an alternative to creating a state sponsored medical school. Specifically, this Act does the following:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "152"
identifier: "HB 432"
citation: "Delaware HB 432 (152)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bryan Townsend", "Darius J. Brown", "David L. Wilson", "Franklin D. Cooke", "John \"Jack\" Walsh", "Kendra Johnson", "Kerri Evelyn Harris", "Laura V. Sturgeon", "Marie Pinkney", "Melissa Minor-Brown", "Nicole Poore", "Paul S. Baumbach", "S. Elizabeth Lockman", "Sean Matthews", "William Bush"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 9
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-06-06"
last_action: "2024-09-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a0d4e11a-8fd8-4686-ad6b-bee1932b7645"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141507"
source_hash: "6c04ddbc8b08ee4f536f38cbeca519b952ce3e8bc3a0aa3c396722344ebc7143"
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 432 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DELAWARE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH.

This Act updates provisions of the code covering the Delaware Institute of Medical Education Research (DIMER), which creates partnerships with out-of-state medical schools as an alternative to creating a state sponsored medical school. Specifically, this Act does the following:

## 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=141507&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB432)
2. **HA 1 to HB 432** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=141627&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)

## Votes

- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- SM — **38–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
- Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
- David L. Wilson — primary (person)
- Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
- John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
- Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
- Kerri Evelyn Harris — primary (person)
- Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
- Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
- Melissa Minor-Brown — primary (person)
- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
- Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
- S. Elizabeth Lockman — primary (person)
- Sean Matthews — primary (person)
- William Bush — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-06-06** Introduced and Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-12** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 13 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2024-06-20** Amendment HA 1 to HB 432 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-06-20** Amendment HA 1 to HB 432 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2024-06-20** Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 3 ABSENT `passage`
- **2024-06-20** Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-26** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 7 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2024-06-30** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2024-09-19** 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/a0d4e11a-8fd8-4686-ad6b-bee1932b7645`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).