republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/149/sb-147.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO EXEMPTIONS FROM LIABILITY FOR INDIVIDUALS RENDERING EMERGENCY CARE.	Immunity from liability for individuals rendering emergency care is addressed in many sections of the Delaware Code. There are several separate statutes providing immunity for specific professions and even for lay individuals providing specific types of assistance. Section 6715 of Title 16 provided immunity to “Firemen, policemen or volunteer ambulance or rescue squad members rendering emergency care” until it was transferred to § 6801 of Title 16 in 1971. Section 3001G of Title 16 provides immunity to peace officers who administer naloxone to an individual whom the officer believes is undergoing an opioid-related drug overdose.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	149	SB 147	Delaware SB 147 (149)	bill		enacted	Anthony Delcollo Bruce C. Ennis Dave G. Lawson John L. Mitchell Nicole Poore Stephanie L. Hansen Stephen Smyk	1	9	2	2018-01-23	2018-06-12	openstates	ocd-bill/05d65a3f-5d87-433e-8634-5f81197a938b	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26271	56889a71700086c2a4da0575791cec4f8ce937a94e1e82fee4c969717e3ebd29	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware SB 147 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO EXEMPTIONS FROM LIABILITY FOR INDIVIDUALS RENDERING EMERGENCY CARE.

Immunity from liability for individuals rendering emergency care is addressed in many sections of the Delaware Code. There are several separate statutes providing immunity for specific professions and even for lay individuals providing specific types of assistance. Section 6715 of Title 16 provided immunity to “Firemen, policemen or volunteer ambulance or rescue squad members rendering emergency care” until it was transferred to § 6801 of Title 16 in 1971. Section 3001G of Title 16 provides immunity to peace officers who administer naloxone to an individual whom the officer believes is undergoing an opioid-related drug overdose.

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 — 20–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Anthony Delcollo — primary (person)
• Bruce C. Ennis — primary (person)
• Dave G. Lawson — primary (person)
• John L. Mitchell — primary (person)
• Nicole Poore — primary (person)
• Stephanie L. Hansen — primary (person)
• Stephen Smyk — primary (person)
• Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
• Bryant L. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
• Daniel B. Short — cosponsor (person)
• David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
• Deborah Hudson — cosponsor (person)
• F. Gary Simpson — cosponsor (person)
• Gerald W. Hocker — cosponsor (person)
• Joseph E. Miro — cosponsor (person)
• Kimberly Williams — cosponsor (person)
• Michael Ramone — cosponsor (person)
• Quinton Johnson — cosponsor (person)
• William J. Carson — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-23 Introduced and Assigned to Corrections & Public Safety Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2018-03-08 Amendment SA 1 to SB 147 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2018-03-14 Reported Out of Committee (Corrections & Public Safety) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2018-03-22 Amendment SA 1 to SB 147 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT amendment-passage
• 2018-03-22 Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2018-03-27 Assigned to Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2018-04-18 Reported Out of Committee (Public Safety & Homeland Security) in House with 3 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2018-05-01 Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2018-06-12 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/05d65a3f-5d87-433e-8634-5f81197a938b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).