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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18, TITLE 29, AND TITLE 31 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO INSURANCE COVERAGE OF CONTRACEPTIVES."
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description: "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."
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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 151"
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citation: "Delaware SB 151 (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", "Debra Heffernan", "Margaret Rose Henry"]
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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: "2018-03-29"
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last_action: "2018-07-11"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6669f10e-015f-42c4-a380-0e4ff0f1953f"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26306"
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source_hash: "e34c567eafece9f1c82a915dd82e51c0a35b3bb138f52eb698e2ca9046402d05"
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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 151 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18, TITLE 29, AND TITLE 31 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO INSURANCE COVERAGE OF CONTRACEPTIVES.
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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.
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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=26306&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB151)
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## Votes
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- SM — **39–1** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **17–4** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
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- Debra Heffernan — primary (person)
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- Margaret Rose Henry — primary (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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- Helene M. Keeley — cosponsor (person)
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- James Johnson — cosponsor (person)
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- John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
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- John J. Viola — 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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- 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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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-03-29** Introduced and Assigned to Banking, Business & Insurance Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2018-05-02** Reported Out of Committee (Banking, Business & Insurance) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2018-06-05** Amendment SA 1 to SB 151 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `amendment-passage`
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- **2018-06-05** Passed By Senate. Votes: 17 YES 4 NO `passage`
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- **2018-06-06** Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance/Commerce Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2018-06-19** Re-Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2018-06-20** 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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- **2018-06-28** Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 1 NO 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2018-07-11** 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/6669f10e-015f-42c4-a380-0e4ff0f1953f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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