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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CONVERSION TRANSACTIONS FOR NOT-FOR-PROFIT HEALTHCARE ENTITIES."
description: "This Act amends § 2532 of Title 29, in the Not-for-Profit Healthcare Conversion Act, to ensure that the Attorney General has sufficient time to review a proposed not-for-profit healthcare conversion and, if appropriate, take action to protect the charitable assets being held for public benefit."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "149"
identifier: "SB 156"
citation: "Delaware SB 156 (149)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bryan Townsend", "David Bentz"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-03-09"
last_action: "2018-09-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/13ac7e39-ed61-487b-996f-dcc9a1b597ce"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26338"
source_hash: "d57cf08fdc4fbb5fc2f8de0bb9400fc07dbc16386f38aa48b3022fda8028626c"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
---
# Delaware SB 156 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CONVERSION TRANSACTIONS FOR NOT-FOR-PROFIT HEALTHCARE ENTITIES.
This Act amends § 2532 of Title 29, in the Not-for-Profit Healthcare Conversion Act, to ensure that the Attorney General has sufficient time to review a proposed not-for-profit healthcare conversion and, if appropriate, take action to protect the charitable assets being held for public benefit.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=26338&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB156)
## Votes
- SM — **210** (pass) · upper
- 2/3 — **410** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
- David Bentz — primary (person)
- Brian J. Bushweller — cosponsor (person)
- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
- Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
- James Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Margaret Rose Henry — cosponsor (person)
- Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2018-03-09** Introduced and Assigned to Health, Children & Social Services Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-14** Reported Out of Committee (Health, Children & Social Services) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2018-05-01** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2018-05-02** Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-05-09** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 8 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2018-06-30** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
- **2018-09-04** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/13ac7e39-ed61-487b-996f-dcc9a1b597ce`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).