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---
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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO EXPEDITED PARTNER THERAPY."
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description: "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."
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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 157"
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citation: "Delaware SB 157 (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", "David Bentz"]
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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: "2018-03-16"
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last_action: "2018-08-29"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ff6b5079-80bf-43bd-9134-25568ae4e7c1"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26358"
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source_hash: "e196042eb1cd5e743903d6c2345fdcbbcfef8c0e551ff389d367a131c6892e74"
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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 157 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO EXPEDITED PARTNER THERAPY.
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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.
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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=26358&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB157)
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## Votes
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- SM — **20–0** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **38–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
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- David Bentz — primary (person)
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- Debra Heffernan — cosponsor (person)
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- Harris B. McDowell — cosponsor (person)
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- John J. Viola — cosponsor (person)
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- Margaret Rose Henry — cosponsor (person)
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- Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-03-16** Introduced and Assigned to Health, Children & Social Services Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **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`
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- **2018-04-26** Amendment SA 1 to SB 157 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2018-04-26** Amendment SA 1 to SB 157 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `amendment-passage`
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- **2018-04-26** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2018-05-01** Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2018-05-09** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 9 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2018-06-12** Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 3 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2018-08-29** 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/ff6b5079-80bf-43bd-9134-25568ae4e7c1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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