---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO END OF LIFE OPTIONS."
description: "This Act permits a terminally ill individual who is an adult resident of Delaware to request and self-administer medication to end the individual's life in a humane and dignified manner if both the individual's attending physician or attending advanced practice registered nurse (APRN) and a consulting physician or consulting APRN agree on the individual's diagnosis and prognosis and believe the individual has decision-making capacity, is making an informed decision, and is acting voluntarily. This Act is the same as House Bill No. 140 (152nd) with 1 technical revision to include a definition of \"physician\" for consistency and to clarify that a physician must be licensed in Delaware."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "153"
identifier: "HB 140"
citation: "Delaware HB 140 (153)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian Pettyjohn", "Bryan Townsend", "Bryant L. Richardson", "Claire Snyder-Hall", "Cyndie Romer", "David P. Sokola", "Edward S. Osienski", "Eric Morrison", "Josue O Ortega", "Mara Gorman", "Marie Pinkney", "Melanie Ross Levin", "Ray Seigfried", "Russell Huxtable", "Sean M. Lynn", "Trey Paradee"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-12-19"
last_action: "2025-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/543dd0c8-e263-4c08-9029-009381bff24c"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141725"
source_hash: "b68484da183ecf625d2e2575e98a8fe38400b6b814adb9fd4dbce47459b1d55d"
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 140 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO END OF LIFE OPTIONS.

This Act permits a terminally ill individual who is an adult resident of Delaware to request and self-administer medication to end the individual's life in a humane and dignified manner if both the individual's attending physician or attending advanced practice registered nurse (APRN) and a consulting physician or consulting APRN agree on the individual's diagnosis and prognosis and believe the individual has decision-making capacity, is making an informed decision, and is acting voluntarily. This Act is the same as House Bill No. 140 (152nd) with 1 technical revision to include a definition of "physician" for consistency and to clarify that a physician must be licensed in Delaware.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.


## Votes

- SM — **21–17** (pass) · lower
- SM — **11–8** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
- Bryant L. Richardson — primary (person)
- Claire Snyder-Hall — primary (person)
- Cyndie Romer — primary (person)
- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
- Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
- Eric Morrison — primary (person)
- Josue O Ortega — primary (person)
- Mara Gorman — primary (person)
- Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
- Melanie Ross Levin — primary (person)
- Ray Seigfried — primary (person)
- Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
- Sean M. Lynn — primary (person)
- Trey Paradee — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-12-19** Introduced and Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-29** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 5 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits, 1 Unfavorable `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-03-18** Passed By House. Votes: 21 YES 17 NO 3 ABSENT `passage`
- **2025-03-18** Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-09** Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-17** Amendment SA 1 to HB 140 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-04-17** Amendment SA 2 to HB 140 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-04-17** Amendment SA 1 to HB 140 - Defeated By Senate. Votes: 5 YES 13 NO 3 ABSENT `amendment-failure`
- **2025-04-17** Amendment SA 2 to HB 140 - Defeated By Senate. Votes: 5 YES 14 NO 2 ABSENT `amendment-failure`
- **2025-04-17** Passed By Senate. Votes: 11 YES 8 NO 2 ABSENT `passage`
- **2025-05-20** 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/543dd0c8-e263-4c08-9029-009381bff24c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).