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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE LIVING DONOR PROTECTION ACT."
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description: "This Act, known as the Living Donor Protection Act, prohibits discrimination based on an individual’s status as a living organ or tissue donor in the offering, issuance, cancellation, coverage, price, or other condition of an insurance policy, including a life, health, disability, or long-term care insurance policy."
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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 218"
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citation: "Delaware SB 218 (151)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Ernesto B. Lopez", "Peter C. Schwartzkopf", "Sherry Dorsey Walker", "Stephen Smyk"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 9
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2022-01-26"
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last_action: "2022-04-28"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c73ef6ad-6d68-45f8-84c9-001e7d30ab43"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=79129"
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source_hash: "84caa45dcda373f57b91c6d1f97ab4a1e444d30bf96c2cdea9be9cb626fa1829"
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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 218 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE LIVING DONOR PROTECTION ACT.
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This Act, known as the Living Donor Protection Act, prohibits discrimination based on an individual’s status as a living organ or tissue donor in the offering, issuance, cancellation, coverage, price, or other condition of an insurance policy, including a life, health, disability, or long-term care insurance policy.
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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=79129&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB218)
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2. **SA 1 to SB 218** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=79197&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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## Votes
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- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **41–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Ernesto B. Lopez — primary (person)
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- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
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- Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
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- Stephen Smyk — primary (person)
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- Andria L. Bennett — cosponsor (person)
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- Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
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- Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
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- Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
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- Bryant L. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
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- Colin Bonini — cosponsor (person)
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- Daniel B. Short — cosponsor (person)
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- Darius J. Brown — cosponsor (person)
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- Dave G. Lawson — cosponsor (person)
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- David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
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- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
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- Debra Heffernan — cosponsor (person)
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- Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
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- Eric Morrison — cosponsor (person)
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- Gerald W. Hocker — cosponsor (person)
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- John "Jack" Walsh — cosponsor (person)
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- Kendra Johnson — cosponsor (person)
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- Kevin S Hensley — cosponsor (person)
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- Kyle Evans Gay — cosponsor (person)
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- Laura V. Sturgeon — cosponsor (person)
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- Marie Pinkney — cosponsor (person)
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- Michael F. Smith — cosponsor (person)
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- Michael Ramone — cosponsor (person)
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- Nicole Poore — cosponsor (person)
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- Nnamdi O. Chukwuocha — cosponsor (person)
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- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
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- Ronald E. Gray — cosponsor (person)
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- Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
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- S. Elizabeth Lockman — cosponsor (person)
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- Sarah McBride — cosponsor (person)
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- Spiros Mantzavinos — cosponsor (person)
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- Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
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- Trey Paradee — cosponsor (person)
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- Valerie Longhurst — cosponsor (person)
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- William Bush — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-01-26** Introduced and Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2022-03-08** Amendment SA 1 to SB 218 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2022-03-09** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 6 Favorable `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-03-15** Amendment SA 1 to SB 218 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `amendment-passage`
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- **2022-03-15** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2022-03-16** Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2022-03-22** Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce) in House with 13 Favorable `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-03-24** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
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- **2022-04-28** 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/c73ef6ad-6d68-45f8-84c9-001e7d30ab43`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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