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Bill AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT. Benzodiazepine drugs that are approved for medical use in the United States are classified by the federal Drug Enforcement Agency as Schedule IV. Fourteen benzodiazepine drugs are currently listed on Schedule IV of the Uniform Controlled Substances Act, § 4720 of Title 16. Benzodiazepine drugs have a serious potential for abuse. us/states/de Delaware General Assembly 150 HB 61 Delaware HB 61 (150)
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John "Jack" Walsh
Paul S. Baumbach
Ruth Briggs King
1 7 2 2019-02-28 2019-06-19 openstates ocd-bill/6acf439e-7951-4fbc-9675-1517500bc6f1 https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=37141 edd2d0db361c6ef77742aa7d821029c0c71fac8da1ff20024c6b1d4dda931ea5 2026-07-01 https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump 2026-07-06 reported
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Delaware HB 61 (150) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT.

Benzodiazepine drugs that are approved for medical use in the United States are classified by the federal Drug Enforcement Agency as Schedule IV. Fourteen benzodiazepine drugs are currently listed on Schedule IV of the Uniform Controlled Substances Act, § 4720 of Title 16. Benzodiazepine drugs have a serious potential for abuse.

Version chain

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

  1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • SM — 400 (pass) · lower
  • SM — 210 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Ernesto B Lopez — primary (person)
  • John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
  • Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
  • Ruth Briggs King — primary (person)
  • Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
  • Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
  • David Bentz — cosponsor (person)
  • Debra Heffernan — cosponsor (person)
  • John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
  • Nicole Poore — cosponsor (person)
  • Nnamdi O. Chukwuocha — cosponsor (person)
  • Raymond Seigfried — cosponsor (person)
  • Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2019-02-28 Introduced and Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
  • 2019-03-06 Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 10 On Its Merits committee-passage
  • 2019-03-19 Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT passage
  • 2019-03-19 Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
  • 2019-03-27 Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits committee-passage
  • 2019-04-09 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
  • 2019-06-19 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6acf439e-7951-4fbc-9675-1517500bc6f1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).