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Bill AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 24, 10, 11, AND 18 RELATING TO THE WOMENS REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH. Section 1 and 2. These sections defines “reproductive health services” for the Board of Medical Practice, the Board of Nursing, and Regulatory Council for Physician Assistants, and makes clear that physicians, physician assistants and nurses who perform, recommend, or provide reproductive health services, if such services are lawful in this State, do not engage in unprofessional conduct and cannot be disciplined for such services even if such services are illegal or considered to be unprofessional conduct or the unauthorized practice of medicine or nursing in another state. This section also authorizes the following to terminate pregnancy before viability: (1) A physician assistant with a collaborative agreement with an appropriately training physician; and (2) A certified nurse midwife or certified nurse practitioner who demonstrates knowledge and competency, including successful completion of a training or certification approved by the Board of Nursing. us/states/de Delaware General Assembly 151 HB 455 Delaware HB 455 (151)
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Andria L. Bennett
Bryan Townsend
Debra Heffernan
Eric Morrison
Kendra Johnson
Krista Griffith
Kyle Evans Gay
Laura V. Sturgeon
Marie Pinkney
Melissa Minor-Brown
Paul S. Baumbach
Sarah McBride
Valerie Longhurst
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Delaware HB 455 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 24, 10, 11, AND 18 RELATING TO THE WOMENS REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH.

Section 1 and 2. These sections defines “reproductive health services” for the Board of Medical Practice, the Board of Nursing, and Regulatory Council for Physician Assistants, and makes clear that physicians, physician assistants and nurses who perform, recommend, or provide reproductive health services, if such services are lawful in this State, do not engage in unprofessional conduct and cannot be disciplined for such services even if such services are illegal or considered to be unprofessional conduct or the unauthorized practice of medicine or nursing in another state. This section also authorizes the following to terminate pregnancy before viability: (1) A physician assistant with a collaborative agreement with an appropriately training physician; and (2) A certified nurse midwife or certified nurse practitioner who demonstrates knowledge and competency, including successful completion of a training or certification approved by the Board of Nursing.

Version chain

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

  1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • SM — 156 (pass) · upper
  • SM — 2413 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Andria L. Bennett — primary (person)
  • Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
  • Debra Heffernan — primary (person)
  • Eric Morrison — primary (person)
  • Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
  • Krista Griffith — primary (person)
  • Kyle Evans Gay — primary (person)
  • Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
  • Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
  • Melissa Minor-Brown — primary (person)
  • Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
  • Sarah McBride — primary (person)
  • Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
  • David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
  • Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
  • John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
  • John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
  • Larry Lambert — cosponsor (person)
  • Sherae'a Moore — cosponsor (person)
  • Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
  • Trey Paradee — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2022-06-02 Introduced and Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
  • 2022-06-08 Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 8 Favorable committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2022-06-14 Passed By House. Votes: 24 YES 13 NO 4 ABSENT passage
  • 2022-06-14 Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
  • 2022-06-15 Re-Assigned to Legislative Oversight & Sunset Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
  • 2022-06-21 Reported Out of Committee (Legislative Oversight & Sunset) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits, 1 Unfavorable committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage-unfavorable
  • 2022-06-23 Laid On Table in Senate
  • 2022-06-28 Lifted From Table in Senate
  • 2022-06-28 Passed By Senate. Votes: 15 YES 6 NO passage
  • 2022-06-29 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c96fb420-ca41-4147-8d11-51febbcfc92e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).