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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR OBSTETRICAL AND GYNECOLOGICAL SERVICES."
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description: "This Act requires that health insurance offered in this State provide coverage for fertility care services, including in vitro fertilization (\"IVF\") procedures, for individuals who suffer from a disease or condition that results in the inability to procreate or to carry a pregnancy to a live birth."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "149"
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identifier: "SB 139"
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citation: "Delaware SB 139 (149)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bryan Townsend", "Valerie Longhurst"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 10
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2018-01-10"
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last_action: "2018-06-30"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b694a5cb-b6ac-45a9-b709-1e8481d1f0e0"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26219"
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source_hash: "8f0e491c71fe58c4b6569d97c2d332d0db13238b2c345cc5d026f6e461d20369"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
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---
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# Delaware SB 139 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR OBSTETRICAL AND GYNECOLOGICAL SERVICES.
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This Act requires that health insurance offered in this State provide coverage for fertility care services, including in vitro fertilization ("IVF") procedures, for individuals who suffer from a disease or condition that results in the inability to procreate or to carry a pregnancy to a live birth.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=26219&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB139)
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## Votes
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- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **39–2** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
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- Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
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- Andria L. Bennett — cosponsor (person)
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- Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
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- Catherine Cloutier — cosponsor (person)
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- David Bentz — cosponsor (person)
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- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
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- Deborah Hudson — cosponsor (person)
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- Debra Heffernan — cosponsor (person)
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- Earl G. Jaques Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Ernesto B Lopez — cosponsor (person)
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- F. Gary Simpson — cosponsor (person)
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- Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
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- Helene M. Keeley — cosponsor (person)
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- John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
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- Kevin S Hensley — cosponsor (person)
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- Kimberly Williams — cosponsor (person)
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- Margaret Rose Henry — cosponsor (person)
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- Melanie George Smith — cosponsor (person)
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- Nicole Poore — cosponsor (person)
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- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
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- Sean M. Lynn — cosponsor (person)
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- Sean Matthews — cosponsor (person)
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- Stephanie T. Bolden — cosponsor (person)
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- Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
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- Trey Charles Paradee — cosponsor (person)
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- William J. Carson — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-01-10** Introduced and Assigned to Health, Children & Social Services Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2018-03-14** Reported Out of Committee (Health, Children & Social Services) in Senate with 4 Favorable `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2018-03-16** Amendment SA 1 to SB 139 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2018-03-27** Amendment SA 1 to SB 139 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `amendment-passage`
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- **2018-03-27** Amendment SA 2 to SB 139 - Stricken in Senate
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- **2018-03-27** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2018-03-28** Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2018-06-06** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 2 Favorable, 9 On Its Merits `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2018-06-07** Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 NO `passage`
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- **2018-06-30** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b694a5cb-b6ac-45a9-b709-1e8481d1f0e0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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