---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 24 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS, TITLES, AND NONHUMAN ENTITIES."
description: "This Act clarifies that a nonhuman entity, including an agent powered by AI, may not be licensed as a professional nurse, APRN, practical nurse, physician, or physician assistant. It further clarifies that a nonhuman entity may not use any of the foregoing professional titles."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "153"
identifier: "HB 191"
citation: "Delaware HB 191 (153)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Claire Snyder-Hall", "Cyndie Romer", "Edward S. Osienski", "John \"Jack\" Walsh", "Kerri Evelyn Harris", "Laura V. Sturgeon", "Marie Pinkney", "Melissa Minor-Brown", "Nicole Poore", "Stell Parker Selby"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-08"
last_action: "2026-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6c78efbe-12d2-495f-8463-39e77d050d94"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=142752"
source_hash: "b11e7d51a7d443d5b6ad1d790c343a66578c4f8b63ed1ec743a258aa00f0ea3a"
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 191 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 24 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS, TITLES, AND NONHUMAN ENTITIES.

This Act clarifies that a nonhuman entity, including an agent powered by AI, may not be licensed as a professional nurse, APRN, practical nurse, physician, or physician assistant. It further clarifies that a nonhuman entity may not use any of the foregoing professional titles.

## Version chain

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


## Votes

- SM — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- SM — **38–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Claire Snyder-Hall — primary (person)
- Cyndie Romer — primary (person)
- Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
- John "Jack" Walsh — 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)
- Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-08** Introduced and Assigned to Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability) Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-13** Reported Out of Committee (Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability)) in House with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2026-01-20** Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 3 ABSENT `passage`
- **2026-01-20** Assigned to Legislative Oversight & Sunset Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-11** Reported Out of Committee (Legislative Oversight & Sunset) in Senate with 5 Favorable `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-24** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2026-04-23** 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/6c78efbe-12d2-495f-8463-39e77d050d94`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).