republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/151/sb-309.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 24 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE PRACTICE OF CHIROPRACTIC.	Section 716(a) of Title 24 prohibits annual or lifetime numerical limits on chiropractic visits for the treatment of back pain. The treatment of chronic back pain through chiropractic supportive care can prevent patients from requiring opioid pain medications or more expensive treatments.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	151	SB 309	Delaware SB 309 (151)	bill		enacted	Bryan Townsend Darius J. Brown David Bentz Debra Heffernan John "Jack" Walsh Stephanie L. Hansen	1	10	2	2022-06-02	2022-11-02	openstates	ocd-bill/0db83580-82ee-4337-9dfa-6103225df9f3	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=109586	7d998f015c3a07408276283d213050157c5ffcc386d39046e3d41c6d2d3fd139	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware SB 309 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 24 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE PRACTICE OF CHIROPRACTIC.

Section 716(a) of Title 24 prohibits annual or lifetime numerical limits on chiropractic visits for the treatment of back pain. The treatment of chronic back pain through chiropractic supportive care can prevent patients from requiring opioid pain medications or more expensive treatments.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 3/5 — 39–0 (pass) · lower
• SM — 20–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
• Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
• David Bentz — primary (person)
• Debra Heffernan — primary (person)
• John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
• Stephanie L. Hansen — primary (person)
• Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
• Dave G. Lawson — cosponsor (person)
• David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
• John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
• Kendra Johnson — cosponsor (person)
• Kevin S Hensley — cosponsor (person)
• Larry Lambert — cosponsor (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
• Sarah McBride — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-06-02 Introduced and Assigned to Legislative Oversight & Sunset Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2022-06-03 Re-Assigned to Banking, Business & Insurance Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2022-06-08 Reported Out of Committee (Banking, Business & Insurance) in Senate with 6 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2022-06-09 Assigned to Finance Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2022-06-09 Reported Out of Committee (Finance) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2022-06-09 Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2022-06-10 Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2022-06-15 Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 5 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-06-23 Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT passage
• 2022-11-02 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0db83580-82ee-4337-9dfa-6103225df9f3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).