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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 24 RELATING TO PRESCRIBING MEDICATIONS FOR THE TERMINATION OF PREGNANCY."
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description: "In 2000, the United States Federal Drug Administration (\"FDA\") first approved the Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (\"REMS\") for Mifeprex; and approved the generic version of Mifeprex, Mifepristone, in 2019. A regimen approved by the FDA in 2016 for Mifeprex and Mifepristone includes the use of Misoprostol. Under the REMS approved by the FDA, healthcare providers who wish to prescribe Mifepristone, Misoprostol, or Mifeprex must complete a Prescriber Agreement before ordering and dispensing the medication. Physicians assistants and advanced practiced registered nurses (APRNs) are healthcare providers who are eligible to prescribe these medications under the REMS. This bill allows physician assistants and advanced practice registered nurses to prescribe medication for the termination of pregnancy including Mifeprex, Mifepristone, and Misoprostol."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "151"
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identifier: "HB 320"
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citation: "Delaware HB 320 (151)"
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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", "Debra Heffernan", "Kyle Evans Gay", "Laura V. Sturgeon", "Melissa Minor-Brown", "Sarah McBride", "Sherry Dorsey Walker", "Valerie Longhurst"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 8
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2022-03-09"
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last_action: "2022-04-28"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/64c81c9f-5b0d-4a48-b359-6c4051d1ec47"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=79202"
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source_hash: "3413e5416ce29f91c438118177c3a657acd324d626bd74f748305af10aed5b45"
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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 320 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 24 RELATING TO PRESCRIBING MEDICATIONS FOR THE TERMINATION OF PREGNANCY.
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In 2000, the United States Federal Drug Administration ("FDA") first approved the Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy ("REMS") for Mifeprex; and approved the generic version of Mifeprex, Mifepristone, in 2019. A regimen approved by the FDA in 2016 for Mifeprex and Mifepristone includes the use of Misoprostol. Under the REMS approved by the FDA, healthcare providers who wish to prescribe Mifepristone, Misoprostol, or Mifeprex must complete a Prescriber Agreement before ordering and dispensing the medication. Physicians assistants and advanced practiced registered nurses (APRNs) are healthcare providers who are eligible to prescribe these medications under the REMS. This bill allows physician assistants and advanced practice registered nurses to prescribe medication for the termination of pregnancy including Mifeprex, Mifepristone, and Misoprostol.
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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=79202&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB320)
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## Votes
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- SM — **25–15** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **14–7** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
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- Debra Heffernan — primary (person)
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- Kyle Evans Gay — primary (person)
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- Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
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- Melissa Minor-Brown — primary (person)
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- Sarah McBride — primary (person)
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- Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
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- Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
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- David Bentz — cosponsor (person)
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- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
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- Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
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- Eric Morrison — cosponsor (person)
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- John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
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- Kendra Johnson — cosponsor (person)
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- Krista Griffith — cosponsor (person)
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- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
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- Stephanie L. Hansen — 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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- **2022-03-09** Introduced and Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2022-03-16** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 5 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-03-24** Passed By House. Votes: 25 YES 15 NO 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2022-03-24** Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2022-03-31** Re-Assigned to Legislative Oversight & Sunset Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2022-04-05** Reported Out of Committee (Legislative Oversight & Sunset) in Senate with 3 Favorable `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-04-07** Passed By Senate. Votes: 14 YES 7 NO `passage`
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- **2022-04-28** 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/64c81c9f-5b0d-4a48-b359-6c4051d1ec47`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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