republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/151/hb-340.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 31 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CHILD AND MATERNAL MORTALITY.	Improving the quality of maternal health care and ensuring full access to it improves health outcomes and reduces preventable pregnancy-related deaths. The United States has one of the highest rates of maternal mortality among high-income countries and wide disparities by race that have been documented since rates separated by race were first published in 1935. Currently, Indigenous and Black women are dying at two to three times the rate of White women, Asian/Pacific Islander women, and Hispanic women. Investigating maternal deaths—specifically by obtaining information beyond vital statistics data—is imperative to understanding why people may die while pregnant, during labor and delivery, and in the postpartum period. (Source: Guttmacher Institute)	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	151	HB 340	Delaware HB 340 (151)	bill		enacted	Bryan Townsend Darius J. Brown Debra Heffernan Melissa Minor-Brown S. Elizabeth Lockman Sarah McBride Sherry Dorsey Walker	2	15	2	2022-03-16	2022-07-25	openstates	ocd-bill/bdc25bef-8552-4c48-9cb2-bbd88eb6889b	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=79243	f0425a4a074f002144724d9e6bc8d89a9879b04de435c9c502859d221380850e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 340 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 31 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CHILD AND MATERNAL MORTALITY.

Improving the quality of maternal health care and ensuring full access to it improves health outcomes and reduces preventable pregnancy-related deaths. The United States has one of the highest rates of maternal mortality among high-income countries and wide disparities by race that have been documented since rates separated by race were first published in 1935. Currently, Indigenous and Black women are dying at two to three times the rate of White women, Asian/Pacific Islander women, and Hispanic women. Investigating maternal deaths—specifically by obtaining information beyond vital statistics data—is imperative to understanding why people may die while pregnant, during labor and delivery, and in the postpartum period. (Source: Guttmacher Institute)

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 340 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

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

Sponsors

• Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
• Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
• Debra Heffernan — primary (person)
• Melissa Minor-Brown — primary (person)
• S. Elizabeth Lockman — primary (person)
• Sarah McBride — primary (person)
• Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
• David Bentz — cosponsor (person)
• David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
• Eric Morrison — cosponsor (person)
• John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
• Kendra Johnson — cosponsor (person)
• Kyle Evans Gay — cosponsor (person)
• Madinah Wilson-Anton — cosponsor (person)
• Marie Pinkney — cosponsor (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
• Sherae'a Moore — cosponsor (person)
• Stephanie T. Bolden — cosponsor (person)
• Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-03-16 Introduced and Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2022-05-17 Amendment HA 1 to HB 340 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2022-05-18 Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 8 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-06-09 Amendment HA 3 to HB 340 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2022-06-09 Amendment HA 2 to HB 340 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2022-06-09 Amendment HA 4 to HB 340 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2022-06-09 Amendment HA 1 to HB 340 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2022-06-09 Amendment HA 2 to HB 340 - Defeated By House. Votes: 14 YES 26 NO 1 ABSENT amendment-failure
• 2022-06-09 Amendment HA 3 to HB 340 - Stricken in House
• 2022-06-09 Amendment HA 4 to HB 340 - Defeated By House. Votes: 14 YES 26 NO 1 ABSENT amendment-failure
• 2022-06-09 Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES passage
• 2022-06-09 Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2022-06-22 Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-06-29 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2022-07-25 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bdc25bef-8552-4c48-9cb2-bbd88eb6889b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).