republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/149/sb-48.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO NALOXONE.	Under this Act, a pharmacist who dispenses narloxone under an established set of circumstances is not subject to disciplinary or other adverse action under any professional licensing statute or criminal liability, or liable for damages related to injuries or death sustained in connection with administering the drug, unless it is established that the pharmacist caused the injuries or death wilfully, wantonly, or by gross negligence.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	149	SB 48	Delaware SB 48 (149)	bill		enacted	Bryan Townsend David Bentz	1	11	3	2017-03-30	2017-07-20	openstates	ocd-bill/f25a128c-3967-405b-b6c3-218e231fd6b3	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25564	e5ba5844c4d70be9924ab9a36588e3837ba84fc941cf8fead74d6c80cf0db6f4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware SB 48 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO NALOXONE.

Under this Act, a pharmacist who dispenses narloxone under an established set of circumstances is not subject to disciplinary or other adverse action under any professional licensing statute or criminal liability, or liable for damages related to injuries or death sustained in connection with administering the drug, unless it is established that the pharmacist caused the injuries or death wilfully, wantonly, or by gross negligence.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 20–0 (pass) · upper
• SM — 39–0 (pass) · lower
• SM — 20–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
• David Bentz — primary (person)
• Deborah Hudson — cosponsor (person)
• Debra Heffernan — cosponsor (person)
• Ernesto B Lopez — cosponsor (person)
• Gerald W. Hocker — cosponsor (person)
• Helene M. Keeley — cosponsor (person)
• Joseph E. Miro — cosponsor (person)
• Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
• Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
• Trey Charles Paradee — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-03-30 Introduced and Assigned to Health, Children & Social Services Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2017-04-05 Reported Out of Committee (Health, Children & Social Services) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2017-04-26 Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2017-04-27 Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2017-05-03 Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 8 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2017-05-16 Amendment HA 1 to SB 48 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2017-06-06 Amendment HA 1 to SB 48 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2017-06-06 Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT passage
• 2017-06-06 Suspension of Rules in Senate
• 2017-06-06 Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2017-07-20 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f25a128c-3967-405b-b6c3-218e231fd6b3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).