republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/149/hb-440.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE CREATION OF AN OVERDOSE SYSTEM OF CARE.	House Substitute No. 1 for House Bill 440 differs from House Bill 440 only in that it locates the Overdose System of Care and the Overdose System of Care Committee in Chapter 97 of Title 16 instead of in Chapter 10 of Title 16.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	149	HB 440	Delaware HB 440 (149)	bill		enacted	Bryan Townsend David Bentz Stephanie L. Hansen	1	7	2	2018-06-05	2018-09-10	openstates	ocd-bill/edaef009-686c-4333-a6b4-172484037646	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26746	b438908fe49d0f4c8bc1543c0a67dd0f39c09bba4f9d1070ea0247e506cb82c4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 440 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE CREATION OF AN OVERDOSE SYSTEM OF CARE.

House Substitute No. 1 for House Bill 440 differs from House Bill 440 only in that it locates the Overdose System of Care and the Overdose System of Care Committee in Chapter 97 of Title 16 instead of in Chapter 10 of Title 16.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

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

Sponsors

• Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
• David Bentz — primary (person)
• Stephanie L. Hansen — primary (person)
• Anthony Delcollo — cosponsor (person)
• Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
• Catherine Cloutier — cosponsor (person)
• David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
• Earl G. Jaques Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Helene M. Keeley — cosponsor (person)
• John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
• John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
• Margaret Rose Henry — cosponsor (person)
• Nicole Poore — cosponsor (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
• Sean M. Lynn — cosponsor (person)
• Sean Matthews — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-06-05 Adopted in lieu of the original bill HB 440, and Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2018-06-06 Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 10 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2018-06-12 Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2018-06-13 Assigned to Health, Children & Social Services Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2018-06-20 Reported Out of Committee (Health, Children & Social Services) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2018-06-26 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2018-09-10 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/edaef009-686c-4333-a6b4-172484037646. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).