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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO NALOXONE."
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description: "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."
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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 48"
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citation: "Delaware SB 48 (149)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bryan Townsend", "David Bentz"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 11
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2017-03-30"
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last_action: "2017-07-20"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f25a128c-3967-405b-b6c3-218e231fd6b3"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25564"
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source_hash: "e5ba5844c4d70be9924ab9a36588e3837ba84fc941cf8fead74d6c80cf0db6f4"
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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 48 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO NALOXONE.
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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.
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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=25564&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB48)
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## Votes
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- SM — **20–0** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **39–0** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **20–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
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- David Bentz — primary (person)
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- Deborah Hudson — cosponsor (person)
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- Debra Heffernan — cosponsor (person)
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- Ernesto B Lopez — cosponsor (person)
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- Gerald W. Hocker — 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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- Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
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- Trey Charles Paradee — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-03-30** Introduced and Assigned to Health, Children & Social Services Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **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`
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- **2017-04-26** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2017-04-27** Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2017-05-03** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 8 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2017-05-16** Amendment HA 1 to SB 48 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2017-06-06** Amendment HA 1 to SB 48 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2017-06-06** Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2017-06-06** Suspension of Rules in Senate
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- **2017-06-06** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2017-07-20** 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/f25a128c-3967-405b-b6c3-218e231fd6b3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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