republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/151/sb-166.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE AND THE LAWS OF DELAWARE RELATING TO THE DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS FROM THE PRESCRIPTION OPIOID IMPACT FEE AND COURT SETTLEMENTS.	Delaware has been irreparably harmed by the opioid crisis. In 2018, 400 people died of an overdose in Delaware, and in 2019, 431 people died of an overdose. Settlements from opioid distributors, manufacturers, and pharmacies are expected to provide significant monies over a substantial period of time to Delaware. These funds are intended to address to harm caused by the opioid crisis in our communities.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	151	SB 166	Delaware SB 166 (151)	bill		enacted	Bryan Townsend Daniel B. Short Darius J. Brown David Bentz David P. Sokola John L. Mitchell Peter C. Schwartzkopf S. Elizabeth Lockman Sarah McBride Stephanie L. Hansen	2	10	2	2021-06-03	2021-10-14	openstates	ocd-bill/ee308b59-51a3-46d6-b895-7c715d0b350b	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=78817	42ae39eb420d9dfd4805f3304c85e851c765cfd9b94cb2cb259fafc0c5d2f5e0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware SB 166 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE AND THE LAWS OF DELAWARE RELATING TO THE DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS FROM THE PRESCRIPTION OPIOID IMPACT FEE AND COURT SETTLEMENTS.

Delaware has been irreparably harmed by the opioid crisis. In 2018, 400 people died of an overdose in Delaware, and in 2019, 431 people died of an overdose. Settlements from opioid distributors, manufacturers, and pharmacies are expected to provide significant monies over a substantial period of time to Delaware. These funds are intended to address to harm caused by the opioid crisis in our communities.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source
2. SA 1 to SB 166 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 3/4 — 19–0 (pass) · upper
• 3/4 — 41–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
• Daniel B. Short — primary (person)
• Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
• David Bentz — primary (person)
• David P. Sokola — primary (person)
• John L. Mitchell — primary (person)
• Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
• S. Elizabeth Lockman — primary (person)
• Sarah McBride — primary (person)
• Stephanie L. Hansen — primary (person)
• Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
• Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
• Bryant L. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
• Colin Bonini — cosponsor (person)
• Dave G. Lawson — cosponsor (person)
• David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
• Ernesto B. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
• Gerald W. Hocker — cosponsor (person)
• John "Jack" Walsh — cosponsor (person)
• Laura V. Sturgeon — cosponsor (person)
• Madinah Wilson-Anton — cosponsor (person)
• Marie Pinkney — cosponsor (person)
• Melissa Minor-Brown — cosponsor (person)
• Nicole Poore — cosponsor (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
• Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
• Spiros Mantzavinos — cosponsor (person)
• Trey Paradee — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-06-03 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
• 2021-06-16 Amendment SA 1 to SB 166 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2021-06-16 Amendment SA 1 to SB 166 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 1 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT amendment-passage
• 2021-06-16 Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 1 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT passage
• 2021-06-17 Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-06-17 Re-Assigned to Administration Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-06-23 Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2021-06-29 Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES passage
• 2021-10-14 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ee308b59-51a3-46d6-b895-7c715d0b350b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).