---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CONSORTIUM AND THE PRESCRIPTION OPIOID DISTRIBUTION COMMISSION."
description: "This Act makes the following updates to the Behavioral Health Consortium:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "153"
identifier: "HB 169"
citation: "Delaware HB 169 (153)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bryant L. Richardson", "Marie Pinkney", "Melissa Minor-Brown", "Michael F. Smith", "Ray Seigfried"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 6
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-06-11"
last_action: "2025-08-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8379b9e6-040d-4af0-a96d-712c3dbb1096"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=142504"
source_hash: "ec29f03337d3f8260e4efef7399d14a75a5759cd191c7ebba6e077e2371fd48f"
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 169 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CONSORTIUM AND THE PRESCRIPTION OPIOID DISTRIBUTION COMMISSION.

This Act makes the following updates to the Behavioral Health Consortium:

## Version chain

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


## Votes

- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bryant L. Richardson — primary (person)
- Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
- Melissa Minor-Brown — primary (person)
- Michael F. Smith — primary (person)
- Ray Seigfried — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-06-11** was introduced and adopted in lieu of HB 169 `introduction`
- **2025-06-12** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2025-06-12** Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-06-25** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-26** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2025-08-25** 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/8379b9e6-040d-4af0-a96d-712c3dbb1096`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).