republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/149/sb-157.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO EXPEDITED PARTNER THERAPY.	Expedited partner therapy (EPT) is the clinical practice of treating the sex partners of patients diagnosed with a sexually transmitted disease without clinical assessment of the partners. In August 2006, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommended EPT as an evidence-based option to manage chlamydial infection and gonorrhea by treating index patient’s sex partners to prevent reinfection and curtail further transmission. As of July 2017, EPT is permissible in 41 states.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	149	SB 157	Delaware SB 157 (149)	bill		enacted	Bryan Townsend David Bentz	1	9	2	2018-03-16	2018-08-29	openstates	ocd-bill/ff6b5079-80bf-43bd-9134-25568ae4e7c1	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26358	e196042eb1cd5e743903d6c2345fdcbbcfef8c0e551ff389d367a131c6892e74	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware SB 157 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO EXPEDITED PARTNER THERAPY.

Expedited partner therapy (EPT) is the clinical practice of treating the sex partners of patients diagnosed with a sexually transmitted disease without clinical assessment of the partners. In August 2006, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommended EPT as an evidence-based option to manage chlamydial infection and gonorrhea by treating index patient’s sex partners to prevent reinfection and curtail further transmission. As of July 2017, EPT is permissible in 41 states.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 20–0 (pass) · upper
• SM — 38–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
• David Bentz — primary (person)
• Debra Heffernan — cosponsor (person)
• Harris B. McDowell — cosponsor (person)
• John J. Viola — cosponsor (person)
• Margaret Rose Henry — cosponsor (person)
• Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-03-16 Introduced and Assigned to Health, Children & Social Services Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2018-04-18 Reported Out of Committee (Health, Children & Social Services) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2018-04-26 Amendment SA 1 to SB 157 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2018-04-26 Amendment SA 1 to SB 157 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES amendment-passage
• 2018-04-26 Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2018-05-01 Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2018-05-09 Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 9 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2018-06-12 Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 3 ABSENT passage
• 2018-08-29 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ff6b5079-80bf-43bd-9134-25568ae4e7c1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).