republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/149/sb-228.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 16 AND 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE RESTORATION OF THE DELAWARE PRESCRIPTION DRUG PAYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.	This Act restores the Delaware Prescription Drug Payment Assistance Program (“Program”), which was eliminated in the Fiscal Year 2018 Annual Appropriations Act. This Act replaces Senate Bill 148 and makes the following additional changes:	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	149	SB 228	Delaware SB 228 (149)	bill		enacted	David B. McBride Debra Heffernan Edward S. Osienski John A. Kowalko Margaret Rose Henry Nicole Poore Peter C. Schwartzkopf Robert Marshall	1	7	2	2018-06-05	2018-07-17	openstates	ocd-bill/41a1d88c-2004-463e-a9e7-67124d11f67c	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26754	74258cfa25dfb2fd28216c2c28af2217bf6123ce027eb3537a8d971c356931bb	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware SB 228 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 16 AND 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE RESTORATION OF THE DELAWARE PRESCRIPTION DRUG PAYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

This Act restores the Delaware Prescription Drug Payment Assistance Program (“Program”), which was eliminated in the Fiscal Year 2018 Annual Appropriations Act. This Act replaces Senate Bill 148 and makes the following additional changes:

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 3/5 — 40–0 (pass) · lower
• SM — 20–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• David B. McBride — primary (person)
• Debra Heffernan — primary (person)
• Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
• John A. Kowalko — primary (person)
• Margaret Rose Henry — primary (person)
• Nicole Poore — primary (person)
• Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
• Robert Marshall — primary (person)
• Andria L. Bennett — cosponsor (person)
• Brian J. Bushweller — cosponsor (person)
• Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
• Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
• Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
• Bryant L. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
• David Bentz — cosponsor (person)
• David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
• Earl G. Jaques Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Ernesto B Lopez — cosponsor (person)
• F. Gary Simpson — cosponsor (person)
• Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
• Gregory F. Lavelle — cosponsor (person)
• Harris B. McDowell — cosponsor (person)
• Harvey R. Kenton — cosponsor (person)
• Helene M. Keeley — cosponsor (person)
• James Johnson — cosponsor (person)
• John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
• John Walsh — cosponsor (person)
• Kimberly Williams — cosponsor (person)
• Michael Ramone — cosponsor (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
• Richard G. Collins — cosponsor (person)
• Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
• Sean Matthews — cosponsor (person)
• Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
• Trey Charles Paradee — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-06-05 Introduced and Laid on Table in Senate introduction
• 2018-06-12 Lifted From Table in Senate
• 2018-06-12 Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2018-06-13 Assigned to Administration Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2018-06-20 Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 4 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2018-06-26 Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2018-07-17 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/41a1d88c-2004-463e-a9e7-67124d11f67c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).