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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO RADIATION CONTROL."
description: "This bill changes the requirements for members to be appointed to the Authority on Radiation Protection. It also allows for removal of a member by the Governor in certain limited circumstances, and clarifies the number of members needed to constitute a quorum."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "151"
identifier: "SB 138"
citation: "Delaware SB 138 (151)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Bentz", "Sarah McBride"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 8
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-05-18"
last_action: "2021-07-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/beeda57c-598b-4938-81cf-598f017bb3fa"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=68711"
source_hash: "12c96d32864b46fdc9e265e6f92234e49e5d13a8d82356d8ec5ac355b2380bf2"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
---
# Delaware SB 138 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO RADIATION CONTROL.
This bill changes the requirements for members to be appointed to the Authority on Radiation Protection. It also allows for removal of a member by the Governor in certain limited circumstances, and clarifies the number of members needed to constitute a quorum.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=68711&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB138)
## Votes
- 2/3 — **410** (pass) · lower
- 3/5 — **210** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- David Bentz — primary (person)
- Sarah McBride — primary (person)
- Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
- Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-05-18** Introduced and Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-09** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 4 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-09** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2021-06-10** Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-16** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 4 Favorable, 7 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-25** Suspension of Rules in House
- **2021-06-29** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
- **2021-07-30** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/beeda57c-598b-4938-81cf-598f017bb3fa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).