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---
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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DIVISION OF FORENSIC SCIENCE."
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description: "The Division of Forensic Science (“Division”) produces numerous postmortem examination reports, autopsy reports, and laboratory reports annually. Given the high volume, and consistent with National Association of Medical Examiners accreditation standards, this Act expands the period of time within which the Medical Examiner must complete a written report from 30 to 90 days."
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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 214"
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citation: "Delaware SB 214 (149)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Brian J. Bushweller", "John L. Mitchell"]
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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: "2018-06-01"
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last_action: "2018-07-23"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ee122708-aaa0-45cb-982d-efede93da268"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26694"
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source_hash: "bf2e57436a3412726727abf4104ff44d877d9ee836662352ff6c1dae8b93f7a3"
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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 214 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DIVISION OF FORENSIC SCIENCE.
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The Division of Forensic Science (“Division”) produces numerous postmortem examination reports, autopsy reports, and laboratory reports annually. Given the high volume, and consistent with National Association of Medical Examiners accreditation standards, this Act expands the period of time within which the Medical Examiner must complete a written report from 30 to 90 days.
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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=26694&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB214)
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## Votes
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- SM — **17–0** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **41–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Brian J. Bushweller — primary (person)
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- John L. Mitchell — primary (person)
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- Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
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- Sean M. Lynn — cosponsor (person)
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- Stephen Smyk — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-06-01** Introduced and Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2018-06-13** Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2018-06-14** Passed By Senate. Votes: 17 YES 4 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2018-06-15** Assigned to Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2018-06-20** Reported Out of Committee (Public Safety & Homeland Security) in House with 4 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2018-07-01** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
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- **2018-07-23** 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/ee122708-aaa0-45cb-982d-efede93da268`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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