republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/149/sb-151.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18, TITLE 29, AND TITLE 31 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO INSURANCE COVERAGE OF CONTRACEPTIVES.	Birth control use is nearly universal among women of reproductive age in the United States and is a key part of preventative health care for women. Access to birth control provides health benefits for women and children, improves women's ability to control whether and when they have a child, and fosters women's ability to participate in education and the workforce. However, the cost of birth control, particularly the higher up-front costs of the more effective, longer-acting birth control methods, is often a barrier to women accessing the birth control they need.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	149	SB 151	Delaware SB 151 (149)	bill		enacted	Bryan Townsend Debra Heffernan Margaret Rose Henry	1	9	2	2018-03-29	2018-07-11	openstates	ocd-bill/6669f10e-015f-42c4-a380-0e4ff0f1953f	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26306	e34c567eafece9f1c82a915dd82e51c0a35b3bb138f52eb698e2ca9046402d05	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware SB 151 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18, TITLE 29, AND TITLE 31 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO INSURANCE COVERAGE OF CONTRACEPTIVES.

Birth control use is nearly universal among women of reproductive age in the United States and is a key part of preventative health care for women. Access to birth control provides health benefits for women and children, improves women's ability to control whether and when they have a child, and fosters women's ability to participate in education and the workforce. However, the cost of birth control, particularly the higher up-front costs of the more effective, longer-acting birth control methods, is often a barrier to women accessing the birth control they need.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 39–1 (pass) · lower
• SM — 17–4 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
• Debra Heffernan — primary (person)
• Margaret Rose Henry — primary (person)
• Catherine Cloutier — cosponsor (person)
• David Bentz — cosponsor (person)
• David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
• Helene M. Keeley — cosponsor (person)
• James Johnson — cosponsor (person)
• John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
• John J. Viola — cosponsor (person)
• Nicole Poore — cosponsor (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
• Sean M. Lynn — cosponsor (person)
• Stephanie T. Bolden — cosponsor (person)
• Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
• Trey Charles Paradee — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-03-29 Introduced and Assigned to Banking, Business & Insurance Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2018-05-02 Reported Out of Committee (Banking, Business & Insurance) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2018-06-05 Amendment SA 1 to SB 151 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES amendment-passage
• 2018-06-05 Passed By Senate. Votes: 17 YES 4 NO passage
• 2018-06-06 Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance/Commerce Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2018-06-19 Re-Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2018-06-20 Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 2 Favorable, 9 On Its Merits committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2018-06-28 Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 1 NO 1 ABSENT passage
• 2018-07-11 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6669f10e-015f-42c4-a380-0e4ff0f1953f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).