republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/149/sb-43.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 24 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE LICENSURE OF ART THERAPISTS.	This Act regulates the practice of art therapy placing control of the profession under the Board of Mental health and Chemical Dependency Professionals and amending Chapter 30 of Title 24 by adding Subchapter V. Professional Art Therapists. The Art Therapy Practice Act will serve and protect the public by defining the scope of practice of art therapy; setting minimum standards of qualification, education, training, and experience for art therapists; and maintaining certain standards in the delivery of art therapy services. This Act also requires the Board of Mental Health and Chemical Dependency to appoint one or more credentialed volunteer art therapists to advise and assist the Board in matters pertaining to art therapists.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	149	SB 43	Delaware SB 43 (149)	bill		enacted	F. Gary Simpson Margaret Rose Henry	1	9	2	2017-06-13	2017-09-08	openstates	ocd-bill/f435bf9e-39ca-4dda-a4cb-1e5a584d266c	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25936	c81c2275d111f9c3f5cae3addc4e0b3db861f9dfbe76f50188ebd5a7a0742244	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware SB 43 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 24 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE LICENSURE OF ART THERAPISTS.

This Act regulates the practice of art therapy placing control of the profession under the Board of Mental health and Chemical Dependency Professionals and amending Chapter 30 of Title 24 by adding Subchapter V. Professional Art Therapists. The Art Therapy Practice Act will serve and protect the public by defining the scope of practice of art therapy; setting minimum standards of qualification, education, training, and experience for art therapists; and maintaining certain standards in the delivery of art therapy services. This Act also requires the Board of Mental Health and Chemical Dependency to appoint one or more credentialed volunteer art therapists to advise and assist the Board in matters pertaining to art therapists.

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 — 18–0 (pass) · upper
• SM — 41–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• F. Gary Simpson — primary (person)
• Margaret Rose Henry — primary (person)
• Bryon H. Short — cosponsor (person)
• Catherine Cloutier — cosponsor (person)
• Daniel B. Short — cosponsor (person)
• David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
• Helene M. Keeley — cosponsor (person)
• Joseph E. Miro — cosponsor (person)
• Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
• William R. Outten — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-06-13 Adopted in lieu of the original bill SB 43, and Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2017-06-20 Amendment SA 1 to SS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2017-06-21 Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2017-06-22 Amendment SA 1 to SS 1 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 17 YES 4 ABSENT amendment-passage
• 2017-06-22 Passed By Senate. Votes: 18 YES 3 ABSENT passage
• 2017-06-23 Assigned to Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability) Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2017-06-29 Reported Out of Committee (Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability)) in House with 4 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2017-07-02 Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES passage
• 2017-09-08 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f435bf9e-39ca-4dda-a4cb-1e5a584d266c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).