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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE MEDICAL MARIJUANA ACT."
description: "This bill adds glaucoma, chronic debilitating migraines, pediatric autism spectrum disorder, pediatric sensory processing disorder to the list of debilitating medical conditions which may qualify a person, upon certification by a physician, to be eligible for the use of medical marijuana in accordance with the terms of the Delaware Medical Marijuana Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "149"
identifier: "HB 374"
citation: "Delaware HB 374 (149)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bryan Townsend", "Charles Potter Jr.", "Ernesto B Lopez", "Peter C. Schwartzkopf"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-04-17"
last_action: "2018-08-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/742e8b4e-994f-456d-bbce-45c43ee37c5b"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26490"
source_hash: "5e0f5f6103a4429d58e7ae6e7d9b97b3022d81a278596a660f1769d4f91b17bb"
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 374 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE MEDICAL MARIJUANA ACT.
This bill adds glaucoma, chronic debilitating migraines, pediatric autism spectrum disorder, pediatric sensory processing disorder to the list of debilitating medical conditions which may qualify a person, upon certification by a physician, to be eligible for the use of medical marijuana in accordance with the terms of the Delaware Medical Marijuana Act.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=26490&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB374)
## Votes
- SM — **190** (pass) · upper
- SM — **410** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
- Charles Potter Jr. — primary (person)
- Ernesto B Lopez — primary (person)
- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
- Anthony Delcollo — cosponsor (person)
- Bryon H. Short — cosponsor (person)
- David Bentz — cosponsor (person)
- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
- Deborah Hudson — cosponsor (person)
- Debra Heffernan — cosponsor (person)
- Earl G. Jaques Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff N. Spiegelman — cosponsor (person)
- John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
- John J. Viola — cosponsor (person)
- John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
- Kimberly Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Margaret Rose Henry — cosponsor (person)
- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
- Quinton Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Marshall — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie T. Bolden — cosponsor (person)
- Trey Charles Paradee — cosponsor (person)
- William R. Outten — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2018-04-17** Introduced and Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-04-25** Amendment HA 1 to HB 374 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-04-25** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 9 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2018-05-01** Amendment HA 1 to HB 374 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2018-05-01** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
- **2018-05-03** Assigned to Health, Children & Social Services Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-06-06** Reported Out of Committee (Health, Children & Social Services) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2018-06-20** Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT `passage`
- **2018-08-28** 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/742e8b4e-994f-456d-bbce-45c43ee37c5b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).