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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO EXEMPTIONS FROM LIABILITY FOR INDIVIDUALS RENDERING EMERGENCY CARE."
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description: "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."
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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 147"
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citation: "Delaware SB 147 (149)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Anthony Delcollo", "Bruce C. Ennis", "Dave G. Lawson", "John L. Mitchell", "Nicole Poore", "Stephanie L. Hansen", "Stephen Smyk"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 9
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2018-01-23"
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last_action: "2018-06-12"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/05d65a3f-5d87-433e-8634-5f81197a938b"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26271"
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source_hash: "56889a71700086c2a4da0575791cec4f8ce937a94e1e82fee4c969717e3ebd29"
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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 147 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO EXEMPTIONS FROM LIABILITY FOR INDIVIDUALS RENDERING EMERGENCY CARE.
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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.
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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=26271&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB147)
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## Votes
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- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **20–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Anthony Delcollo — primary (person)
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- Bruce C. Ennis — primary (person)
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- Dave G. Lawson — primary (person)
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- John L. Mitchell — primary (person)
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- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
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- Stephanie L. Hansen — primary (person)
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- Stephen Smyk — primary (person)
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- Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
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- Bryant L. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
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- Daniel B. Short — cosponsor (person)
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- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
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- Deborah Hudson — cosponsor (person)
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- F. Gary Simpson — cosponsor (person)
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- Gerald W. Hocker — cosponsor (person)
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- Joseph E. Miro — cosponsor (person)
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- Kimberly Williams — cosponsor (person)
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- Michael Ramone — cosponsor (person)
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- Quinton Johnson — 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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- **2018-01-23** Introduced and Assigned to Corrections & Public Safety Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2018-03-08** Amendment SA 1 to SB 147 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2018-03-14** Reported Out of Committee (Corrections & Public Safety) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2018-03-22** Amendment SA 1 to SB 147 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `amendment-passage`
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- **2018-03-22** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2018-03-27** Assigned to Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **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`
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- **2018-05-01** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2018-06-12** 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/05d65a3f-5d87-433e-8634-5f81197a938b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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