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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 16 AND 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE RESTORATION OF THE DELAWARE PRESCRIPTION DRUG PAYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM."
description: "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:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "149"
identifier: "SB 228"
citation: "Delaware SB 228 (149)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David B. McBride", "Debra Heffernan", "Edward S. Osienski", "John A. Kowalko", "Margaret Rose Henry", "Nicole Poore", "Peter C. Schwartzkopf", "Robert Marshall"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-06-05"
last_action: "2018-07-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/41a1d88c-2004-463e-a9e7-67124d11f67c"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26754"
source_hash: "74258cfa25dfb2fd28216c2c28af2217bf6123ce027eb3537a8d971c356931bb"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["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](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=26754&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB228)
## Votes
- 3/5 — **400** (pass) · lower
- SM — **200** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/41a1d88c-2004-463e-a9e7-67124d11f67c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).