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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 24 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE PHYSICAL THERAPY LICENSURE COMPACT."
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description: "This Act adopts the Physical Therapy Licensure Compact (“Compact”). The Compact benefits the public by improving continuity of care, increasing license portability for military spouses, and increasing access to physical therapy providers. Under the Compact, physical therapists and physical therapist assistants licensed in a Compact member state may obtain an expedited license allowing licensees to practice in another Compact member state. In adopting the Compact, the state-based licensure system is preserved but communication between states is enhanced."
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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: "SB 83"
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citation: "Delaware SB 83 (150)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["David Bentz", "John \"Jack\" Walsh"]
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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: "2019-05-07"
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last_action: "2019-07-30"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2ebc8ebe-57e4-4b0f-878c-672ec6bbcd34"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=47400"
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source_hash: "4b7ef8d2497c0e05de67f1c5d192c67bed9f5c5d0eaf9ffbcb4aad46e8aefe87"
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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 83 (150) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 24 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE PHYSICAL THERAPY LICENSURE COMPACT.
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This Act adopts the Physical Therapy Licensure Compact (“Compact”). The Compact benefits the public by improving continuity of care, increasing license portability for military spouses, and increasing access to physical therapy providers. Under the Compact, physical therapists and physical therapist assistants licensed in a Compact member state may obtain an expedited license allowing licensees to practice in another Compact member state. In adopting the Compact, the state-based licensure system is preserved but communication between states is enhanced.
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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=47400&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB83)
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## Votes
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- 3/5 — **20–0** (pass) · upper
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- 3/5 — **41–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- David Bentz — primary (person)
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- John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
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- Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
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- John J. Viola — cosponsor (person)
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- Michael F. Smith — cosponsor (person)
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- Nnamdi O. Chukwuocha — cosponsor (person)
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- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
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- Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
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- Trey 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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- **2019-05-07** Introduced and Assigned to Sunset Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2019-06-04** Reported Out of Committee (Sunset) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2019-06-11** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2019-06-12** Assigned to Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability) Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2019-06-19** Reported Out of Committee (Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability)) in House with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2019-06-30** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
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- **2019-07-30** 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/2ebc8ebe-57e4-4b0f-878c-672ec6bbcd34`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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