---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE SUICIDE PREVENTION COALITION."
description: "This Act adds 2 members, appointed by the Governor, to the Delaware Suicide Prevention Coalition. The 2 new members shall be: 1 member who has experienced suicide ideation or survived a suicide attempt, and 1 member who has lost a loved one to suicide."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "153"
identifier: "HB 87"
citation: "Delaware HB 87 (153)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bryan W. Shupe", "Claire Snyder-Hall", "Dave G. Lawson", "David L. Wilson", "Eric Morrison", "Franklin D. Cooke", "Kerri Evelyn Harris", "Laura V. Sturgeon", "Marie Pinkney", "Russell Huxtable", "Stell Parker Selby"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-03-20"
last_action: "2025-08-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8b75df3f-13ed-4f58-add7-5b43c66427a4"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141976"
source_hash: "d0ec84cef4f6b8549425b27ae8bd46f805623dec74fdaf1e94def0111c8976dd"
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 87 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE SUICIDE PREVENTION COALITION.

This Act adds 2 members, appointed by the Governor, to the Delaware Suicide Prevention Coalition. The 2 new members shall be: 1 member who has experienced suicide ideation or survived a suicide attempt, and 1 member who has lost a loved one to suicide.

## Version chain

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


## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Bryan W. Shupe — primary (person)
- Claire Snyder-Hall — primary (person)
- Dave G. Lawson — primary (person)
- David L. Wilson — primary (person)
- Eric Morrison — primary (person)
- Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
- Kerri Evelyn Harris — primary (person)
- Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
- Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
- Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
- Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-20** Introduced and Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-26** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 4 Favorable, 7 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-27** Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 3 ABSENT `passage`
- **2025-03-27** Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-09** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 7 Favorable `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-26** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2025-08-12** 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/8b75df3f-13ed-4f58-add7-5b43c66427a4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).