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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO INSURANCE DISCRIMINATION BASED ON PRE-EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS MEDICATION TO PREVENT HIV INFECTION."
description: "Individuals who are at very high risk of getting HIV can take pre-exposure prophylaxis (“PrEP”) medication to reduce the risk of HIV transmission. PrEP medication reduces the risk of HIV transmission by up to 99% if taken daily. This Act prohibits discrimination because an individual takes PrEP medication in the issuance or renewal of disability, long-term care, and life insurance."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "151"
identifier: "HB 111"
citation: "Delaware HB 111 (151)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bryan Townsend", "Debra Heffernan", "Eric Morrison", "Sarah McBride", "Sean M. Lynn"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 8
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-19"
last_action: "2021-06-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1c2aaf3b-ce5f-47a1-9232-6a982715f567"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=48388"
source_hash: "8984416fbf4140a3c7beb465a42e37adea857d689ad4b6bb9729e8d3e770c326"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
---
# Delaware HB 111 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO INSURANCE DISCRIMINATION BASED ON PRE-EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS MEDICATION TO PREVENT HIV INFECTION.
Individuals who are at very high risk of getting HIV can take pre-exposure prophylaxis (“PrEP”) medication to reduce the risk of HIV transmission. PrEP medication reduces the risk of HIV transmission by up to 99% if taken daily. This Act prohibits discrimination because an individual takes PrEP medication in the issuance or renewal of disability, long-term care, and life insurance.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=48388&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB111)
## Votes
- SM — **210** (pass) · upper
- 2/3 — **410** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
- Debra Heffernan — primary (person)
- Eric Morrison — primary (person)
- Sarah McBride — primary (person)
- Sean M. Lynn — primary (person)
- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
- John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
- Kendra Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Lambert — cosponsor (person)
- Marie Pinkney — cosponsor (person)
- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
- Spiros Mantzavinos — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-02-19** Introduced and Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-16** Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce) in House with 4 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-26** Suspension of Rules in House
- **2021-03-30** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
- **2021-03-30** Assigned to Banking, Business & Insurance Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-13** Reported Out of Committee (Banking, Business & Insurance) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-19** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2021-06-15** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1c2aaf3b-ce5f-47a1-9232-6a982715f567`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).