---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 24 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO A RESPIRATORY CARE INTERSTATE COMPACT."
description: "This Act adopts the Respiratory Care Interstate Compact (“Compact”). This Compact takes effect on the date on which this Compact is enacted into law in 7 states. As of January 2026, this Compact has been enacted in 5 states and has been filed in 6 other states."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "153"
identifier: "SB 216"
citation: "Delaware SB 216 (153)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian Pettyjohn", "Bryant L. Richardson", "Claire Snyder-Hall", "David L. Wilson", "Eric Buckson", "Josue O Ortega", "Kerri Evelyn Harris", "Lyndon D. Yearick", "Russell Huxtable", "Stell Parker Selby", "William J. Carson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-28"
last_action: "2026-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d43da0fd-8d5b-4fd7-b656-774968301c83"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=142809"
source_hash: "bd4d1f63700791c5553217bd6c527807cd3f3eb6572d73dad507532850d0cdd8"
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 216 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 24 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO A RESPIRATORY CARE INTERSTATE COMPACT.

This Act adopts the Respiratory Care Interstate Compact (“Compact”). This Compact takes effect on the date on which this Compact is enacted into law in 7 states. As of January 2026, this Compact has been enacted in 5 states and has been filed in 6 other states.

## Version chain

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

1. **SA 1 to SB 216** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=143163&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)

## Votes

- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- 2/3 — **39–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
- Bryant L. Richardson — primary (person)
- Claire Snyder-Hall — primary (person)
- David L. Wilson — primary (person)
- Eric Buckson — primary (person)
- Josue O Ortega — primary (person)
- Kerri Evelyn Harris — primary (person)
- Lyndon D. Yearick — primary (person)
- Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
- Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)
- William J. Carson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-28** Introduced and Assigned to Legislative Oversight & Sunset Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-25** Reported Out of Committee (Legislative Oversight & Sunset) in Senate with 3 Favorable `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-23** Amendment SA 1 to SB 216 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-04-23** Amendment SA 1 to SB 216 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `amendment-passage`
- **2026-04-23** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2026-04-30** Assigned to Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability) Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-05-19** Reported Out of Committee (Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability)) in House with 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2026-05-21** Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT `passage`
- **2026-06-10** 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/d43da0fd-8d5b-4fd7-b656-774968301c83`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).