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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 24 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE LICENSURE OF ART THERAPISTS."
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description: "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."
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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 43"
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citation: "Delaware SB 43 (149)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["F. Gary Simpson", "Margaret Rose Henry"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 9
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2017-06-13"
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last_action: "2017-09-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f435bf9e-39ca-4dda-a4cb-1e5a584d266c"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25936"
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source_hash: "c81c2275d111f9c3f5cae3addc4e0b3db861f9dfbe76f50188ebd5a7a0742244"
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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 43 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 24 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE LICENSURE OF ART THERAPISTS.
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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.
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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=25936&legislationTypeId=6&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SS1)
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## Votes
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- 3/5 — **18–0** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **41–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- F. Gary Simpson — primary (person)
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- Margaret Rose Henry — primary (person)
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- Bryon H. Short — cosponsor (person)
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- Catherine Cloutier — cosponsor (person)
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- Daniel B. Short — cosponsor (person)
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- David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
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- Helene M. Keeley — cosponsor (person)
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- Joseph E. Miro — cosponsor (person)
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- Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
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- William R. Outten — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-06-13** Adopted in lieu of the original bill SB 43, and Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2017-06-20** Amendment SA 1 to SS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2017-06-21** Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2017-06-22** Amendment SA 1 to SS 1 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 17 YES 4 ABSENT `amendment-passage`
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- **2017-06-22** Passed By Senate. Votes: 18 YES 3 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2017-06-23** Assigned to Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability) Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2017-06-29** Reported Out of Committee (Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability)) in House with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2017-07-02** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
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- **2017-09-08** 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/f435bf9e-39ca-4dda-a4cb-1e5a584d266c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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