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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 24, 10, 11, AND 18 RELATING TO THE WOMEN’S REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH."
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description: "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."
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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 455"
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citation: "Delaware HB 455 (151)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["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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version_count: 1
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action_count: 10
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2022-06-02"
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last_action: "2022-06-29"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c96fb420-ca41-4147-8d11-51febbcfc92e"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=109604"
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source_hash: "cfa46f46349a57398f8fcae5030dae31d86d26659c18256dd7fe13c06ece58ad"
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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 455 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 24, 10, 11, AND 18 RELATING TO THE WOMEN’S REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH.
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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.
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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=109604&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB455)
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## Votes
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- SM — **15–6** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **24–13** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Andria L. Bennett — primary (person)
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- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
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- Debra Heffernan — primary (person)
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- Eric Morrison — primary (person)
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- Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
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- Krista Griffith — primary (person)
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- Kyle Evans Gay — primary (person)
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- Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
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- Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
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- Melissa Minor-Brown — primary (person)
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- Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
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- Sarah McBride — primary (person)
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- Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
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- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
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- Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
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- John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
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- John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
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- Larry Lambert — cosponsor (person)
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- Sherae'a Moore — 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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- **2022-06-02** Introduced and Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2022-06-08** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 8 Favorable `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-06-14** Passed By House. Votes: 24 YES 13 NO 4 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2022-06-14** Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2022-06-15** Re-Assigned to Legislative Oversight & Sunset Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **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`
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- **2022-06-23** Laid On Table in Senate
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- **2022-06-28** Lifted From Table in Senate
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- **2022-06-28** Passed By Senate. Votes: 15 YES 6 NO `passage`
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- **2022-06-29** 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/c96fb420-ca41-4147-8d11-51febbcfc92e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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