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---
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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "150"
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identifier: "HB 61"
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citation: "Delaware HB 61 (150)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Ernesto B Lopez", "John \"Jack\" Walsh", "Paul S. Baumbach", "Ruth Briggs King"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 7
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2019-02-28"
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last_action: "2019-06-19"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6acf439e-7951-4fbc-9675-1517500bc6f1"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=37141"
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source_hash: "edd2d0db361c6ef77742aa7d821029c0c71fac8da1ff20024c6b1d4dda931ea5"
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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 HB 61 (150) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT.
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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.
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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=37141&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB61)
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## Votes
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- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Ernesto B Lopez — primary (person)
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- John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
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- Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
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- Ruth Briggs King — primary (person)
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- Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
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- Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
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- David Bentz — cosponsor (person)
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- Debra Heffernan — cosponsor (person)
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- John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
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- Nicole Poore — cosponsor (person)
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- Nnamdi O. Chukwuocha — cosponsor (person)
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- Raymond Seigfried — cosponsor (person)
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- Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-02-28** Introduced and Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2019-03-06** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 10 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2019-03-19** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2019-03-19** Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2019-03-27** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2019-04-09** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2019-06-19** 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/6acf439e-7951-4fbc-9675-1517500bc6f1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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