republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/149/sb-218.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMMEND TITLE 24 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE LICENSURE OF ART THERAPISTS.	This bill amends Title 24 of the Delaware Code by changing the qualifications for a Professional Art Therapists. For those graduating with a master's degree prior to January 2013, a master's degree from an accredited educational institution in an art therapy program that was either approved by the American Art Therapy Association or accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs at the time the degree was conferred is required.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	149	SB 218	Delaware SB 218 (149)	bill		enacted	F. Gary Simpson Helene M. Keeley Margaret Rose Henry	1	7	2	2018-06-01	2018-09-04	openstates	ocd-bill/d3d4a89b-1ce4-40d7-868f-cab80a34cdd2	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26699	4f2825697812e4b0c39ddfc2ab646f2e22d3c5897e870f860c6b98804d9a8e24	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware SB 218 (149) — AN ACT TO AMMEND TITLE 24 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE LICENSURE OF ART THERAPISTS.

This bill amends Title 24 of the Delaware Code by changing the qualifications for a Professional Art Therapists. For those graduating with a master's degree prior to January 2013, a master's degree from an accredited educational institution in an art therapy program that was either approved by the American Art Therapy Association or accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs at the time the degree was conferred is required.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 41–0 (pass) · lower
• SM — 19–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• F. Gary Simpson — primary (person)
• Helene M. Keeley — primary (person)
• Margaret Rose Henry — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-06-01 Introduced and Assigned to Sunset Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2018-06-06 Reported Out of Committee (Sunset) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2018-06-07 Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT passage
• 2018-06-12 Assigned to Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability) Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2018-06-20 Reported Out of Committee (Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability)) in House with 4 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; origin ocd-bill/d3d4a89b-1ce4-40d7-868f-cab80a34cdd2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).