---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 24 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE TOPICAL MEDICAL WASTE REDUCTION ACT."
description: "This Act allows a practitioner with the authority to prescribe medication to give the unused portion of topical medication used during treatment to a patient upon discharge or the conclusion of the visit. This Act is based on the Model Act created by the American Academy of Ophthalmology, which has been adopted in Illinois."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "152"
identifier: "SB 148"
citation: "Delaware SB 148 (152)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian Pettyjohn", "David L. Wilson", "Kendra Johnson", "Kerri Evelyn Harris", "Laura V. Sturgeon", "Marie Pinkney", "Nicole Poore", "Ruth Briggs King", "Sarah McBride", "Sean Matthews", "Sherry Dorsey Walker", "William Bush"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-06-01"
last_action: "2023-08-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4aa4ded5-c420-4f19-af41-ea8f0cc9f7da"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=140458"
source_hash: "d5dc1e85f18ee17e129ee1847dd54d59efcb6f29b546c2b5f75e7f3911e95bc7"
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 148 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 24 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE TOPICAL MEDICAL WASTE REDUCTION ACT.

This Act allows a practitioner with the authority to prescribe medication to give the unused portion of topical medication used during treatment to a patient upon discharge or the conclusion of the visit. This Act is based on the Model Act created by the American Academy of Ophthalmology, which has been adopted in Illinois.

## 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=140458&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB148)

## Votes

- SM — **38–0** (pass) · lower
- 2/3 — **21–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
- David L. Wilson — primary (person)
- Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
- Kerri Evelyn Harris — primary (person)
- Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
- Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
- Ruth Briggs King — primary (person)
- Sarah McBride — primary (person)
- Sean Matthews — primary (person)
- Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
- William Bush — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-01** Introduced and Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-07** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 5 Favorable `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-08** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2023-06-08** Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-20** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 2 Favorable, 12 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-27** Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 3 ABSENT `passage`
- **2023-08-09** 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/4aa4ded5-c420-4f19-af41-ea8f0cc9f7da`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).