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type: "Bill"
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title: "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."
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description: "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."
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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: "SB 166"
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citation: "Delaware SB 166 (151)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["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"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 10
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2021-06-03"
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last_action: "2021-10-14"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ee308b59-51a3-46d6-b895-7c715d0b350b"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=78817"
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source_hash: "42ae39eb420d9dfd4805f3304c85e851c765cfd9b94cb2cb259fafc0c5d2f5e0"
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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 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.
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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.
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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=78817&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB166)
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2. **SA 1 to SB 166** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=78927&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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## Votes
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- 3/4 — **19–0** (pass) · upper
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- 3/4 — **41–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
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- Daniel B. Short — primary (person)
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- Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
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- David Bentz — primary (person)
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- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
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- John L. Mitchell — primary (person)
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- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
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- S. Elizabeth Lockman — primary (person)
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- Sarah McBride — primary (person)
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- Stephanie L. Hansen — primary (person)
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- Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
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- Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
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- Bryant L. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
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- Colin Bonini — cosponsor (person)
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- Dave G. Lawson — cosponsor (person)
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- David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
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- Ernesto B. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
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- Gerald W. Hocker — cosponsor (person)
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- John "Jack" Walsh — cosponsor (person)
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- Laura V. Sturgeon — cosponsor (person)
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- Madinah Wilson-Anton — cosponsor (person)
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- Marie Pinkney — cosponsor (person)
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- Melissa Minor-Brown — cosponsor (person)
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- Nicole Poore — cosponsor (person)
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- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
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- Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
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- Spiros Mantzavinos — 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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- **2021-06-03** Introduced and Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-06-09** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 4 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-06-16** Amendment SA 1 to SB 166 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2021-06-16** Amendment SA 1 to SB 166 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 1 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT `amendment-passage`
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- **2021-06-16** Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 1 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2021-06-17** Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-06-17** Re-Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-06-23** Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2021-06-29** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
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- **2021-10-14** 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/ee308b59-51a3-46d6-b895-7c715d0b350b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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