republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/151/hb-33.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 24 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS.	This bill changes the relationship between physicians and physician assistants from supervisory to collaborative, in recognition of the evolving role of physician assistants and reflecting the education, training, and experience required for licensing, which emphasizes the team-based practice model. The bill retains a 1:4 ratio of physician assistants to physicians, unless a regulation of the Board increases or decreases the number. This limit of 1:4 does not apply to physicians and physician assistants who practice in the same physical office or facility building, such as an emergency department. This bill adds 2 physician assistants members recommended by the Regulatory Council for Physician Assistants to the Board of Medical Licensure and Discipline in lieu of 2 public members. The bill authorizes physician assistants to participate as uncompensated volunteers in public or community events.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	151	HB 33	Delaware HB 33 (151)	bill		enacted	Kendra Johnson S. Elizabeth Lockman	3	12	3	2020-12-11	2021-04-13	openstates	ocd-bill/d4d75861-974c-453c-acf7-9432fa9a5717	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=48215	e879525ccacd8febd47a0d9df36c569ff1c2d6a8df1e48554e957c7212f4b4f3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 33 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 24 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS.

This bill changes the relationship between physicians and physician assistants from supervisory to collaborative, in recognition of the evolving role of physician assistants and reflecting the education, training, and experience required for licensing, which emphasizes the team-based practice model. The bill retains a 1:4 ratio of physician assistants to physicians, unless a regulation of the Board increases or decreases the number. This limit of 1:4 does not apply to physicians and physician assistants who practice in the same physical office or facility building, such as an emergency department. This bill adds 2 physician assistants members recommended by the Regulatory Council for Physician Assistants to the Board of Medical Licensure and Discipline in lieu of 2 public members. The bill authorizes physician assistants to participate as uncompensated volunteers in public or community events.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source
2. HA 1 to HB 33 (committee substitute) — source
3. SA 1 to HB 33 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 41–0 (pass) · lower
• SM — 41–0 (pass) · lower
• SM — 21–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
• S. Elizabeth Lockman — primary (person)
• Debra Heffernan — cosponsor (person)
• Eric Morrison — cosponsor (person)
• John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
• Krista Griffith — cosponsor (person)
• Larry Lambert — cosponsor (person)
• Laura V. Sturgeon — cosponsor (person)
• Lyndon D. Yearick — cosponsor (person)
• Melissa Minor-Brown — cosponsor (person)
• Michael F. Smith — cosponsor (person)
• Michael Ramone — cosponsor (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
• Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
• Sean M. Lynn — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-12-11 Introduced and Assigned to Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability) Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-01-27 Reported Out of Committee (Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability)) in House with 3 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-03-16 Amendment HA 1 to HB 33 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2021-03-18 Amendment HA 1 to HB 33 - Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES amendment-passage
• 2021-03-18 Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES passage
• 2021-03-18 Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-03-24 Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-03-25 Amendment SA 1 to HB 33 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2021-03-25 Amendment SA 1 to HB 33 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES amendment-passage
• 2021-03-25 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2021-03-30 Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES passage
• 2021-04-13 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d4d75861-974c-453c-acf7-9432fa9a5717. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).