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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DELAWARE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES OVERSIGHT COUNCIL."
description: "This bill changes the requirements for members to be appointed to the Delaware Emergency Medical Services Oversight Council. The bill also clarifies that a member may serve for a term of up to three years and is eligible for reappointment and the number of members needed to constitute a quorum. In addition, the bill allows for removal of a member by the Governor under certain circumstances and clarifies that the Council may adopt bylaws for adopting operating procedures. The bill also makes technical corrections to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "151"
identifier: "SB 139"
citation: "Delaware SB 139 (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: "2021-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ffcc5811-c367-4809-a0d7-cfa60dd3f919"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=68712"
source_hash: "7cfa2e5a27610de7329d24f3e22ec26c1a9a45ab4103b097df181b6f772d4a74"
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 139 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DELAWARE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES OVERSIGHT COUNCIL.
This bill changes the requirements for members to be appointed to the Delaware Emergency Medical Services Oversight Council. The bill also clarifies that a member may serve for a term of up to three years and is eligible for reappointment and the number of members needed to constitute a quorum. In addition, the bill allows for removal of a member by the Governor under certain circumstances and clarifies that the Council may adopt bylaws for adopting operating procedures. The bill also makes technical corrections to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual.
## 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=68712&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB139)
## Votes
- 3/5 — **210** (pass) · upper
- 2/3 — **410** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- David Bentz — primary (person)
- Sarah McBride — primary (person)
- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
- Ernesto B. Lopez — 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 3 Favorable, 2 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 5 Favorable, 6 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`
- **2021-09-30** 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/ffcc5811-c367-4809-a0d7-cfa60dd3f919`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).