republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/149/hb-331.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO BENZODIAZEPINE AND NON-BENZODIAZEPINE HYPNOTICS.	This bill creates regulations concerning the use, distribution and education of Benzodiazepine and Non-benzodiazepine Hypnotics. It require Practitioners to obtain consent from a minor’s parent or guardian prior to prescribing these drugs, and require pharmacist to include a cautionary statement explaining the risks associated with the long term use of these drugs.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	149	HB 331	Delaware HB 331 (149)	bill		enacted	John A. Kowalko John Walsh Margaret Rose Henry	1	11	2	2018-03-01	2018-09-04	openstates	ocd-bill/b2236a52-a477-47d8-91ee-0409feadc25c	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26333	a840325998becc76444de78bdb336f568398e8ad6f7e9ec1f4fe9dde0cba0247	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 331 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO BENZODIAZEPINE AND NON-BENZODIAZEPINE HYPNOTICS.

This bill creates regulations concerning the use, distribution and education of Benzodiazepine and Non-benzodiazepine Hypnotics. It require Practitioners to obtain consent from a minor’s parent or guardian prior to prescribing these drugs, and require pharmacist to include a cautionary statement explaining the risks associated with the long term use of these drugs.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 39–0 (pass) · lower
• SM — 19–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• John A. Kowalko — primary (person)
• John Walsh — primary (person)
• Margaret Rose Henry — primary (person)
• Brian J. Bushweller — cosponsor (person)
• Charles Potter Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
• Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
• Helene M. Keeley — cosponsor (person)
• James Johnson — cosponsor (person)
• John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
• Kimberly Williams — cosponsor (person)
• Michael Ramone — cosponsor (person)
• Richard G. Collins — cosponsor (person)
• Stephanie T. Bolden — cosponsor (person)
• Stephen Smyk — cosponsor (person)
• Trey Charles Paradee — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-03-01 Introduced and Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2018-03-28 Amendment HA 1 to HB 331 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2018-03-28 Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 12 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2018-04-18 Amendment HA 1 to HA 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2018-04-19 Amendment HA 1 to HA 1 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2018-04-19 Amendment HA 1 to HB 331 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2018-04-19 Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT passage
• 2018-04-25 Assigned to Health, Children & Social Services Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2018-06-13 Reported Out of Committee (Health, Children & Social Services) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2018-06-27 Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT passage
• 2018-09-04 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b2236a52-a477-47d8-91ee-0409feadc25c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).