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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ANATOMICAL GIFTS."
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description: "This bill provides for research or transplantation of organs and other anatomical gifts as authorized under federal law among donors who have tested positive for exposure to HIV and intended recipients who have also tested positive for exposure to HIV. Delaware is currently the only state that has laws prohibiting the use of HIV positive organs for HIV positive recipients entirely, including the use of organs as part of a research protocol."
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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 17"
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citation: "Delaware SB 17 (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: 7
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2017-01-19"
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last_action: "2017-04-25"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e259286d-5b14-46ca-a47e-131dd3b11c70"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25408"
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source_hash: "0e85de1db6383a219883e99d6c6bdc58ef9a1c9d69bded0006e372fd45a7dea7"
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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 17 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ANATOMICAL GIFTS.
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This bill provides for research or transplantation of organs and other anatomical gifts as authorized under federal law among donors who have tested positive for exposure to HIV and intended recipients who have also tested positive for exposure to HIV. Delaware is currently the only state that has laws prohibiting the use of HIV positive organs for HIV positive recipients entirely, including the use of organs as part of a research protocol.
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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=25408&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB17)
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## Votes
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- SM — **38–0** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **19–0** (pass) · upper
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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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- Brian J. Bushweller — cosponsor (person)
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- Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
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- Catherine Cloutier — cosponsor (person)
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- David B. McBride — cosponsor (person)
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- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
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- Debra Heffernan — cosponsor (person)
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- Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
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- Ernesto B Lopez — cosponsor (person)
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- Harris B. McDowell — cosponsor (person)
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- Helene M. Keeley — cosponsor (person)
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- John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
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- John Walsh — cosponsor (person)
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- Margaret Rose Henry — cosponsor (person)
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- Nicole Poore — cosponsor (person)
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- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
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- Robert Marshall — cosponsor (person)
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- Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
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- Sean M. Lynn — cosponsor (person)
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- Sean Matthews — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-01-19** Introduced and Assigned to Health, Children & Social Services Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-25** Reported Out of Committee (Health, Children & Social Services) in Senate with 3 Favorable `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2017-01-26** Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2017-03-09** Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2017-03-15** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 1 Favorable, 10 On Its Merits `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2017-03-21** Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 3 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2017-04-25** 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/e259286d-5b14-46ca-a47e-131dd3b11c70`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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