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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 24 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE PRACTICE OF CHIROPRACTIC."
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description: "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."
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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 309"
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citation: "Delaware SB 309 (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", "Darius J. Brown", "David Bentz", "Debra Heffernan", "John \"Jack\" Walsh", "Stephanie L. Hansen"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 10
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2022-06-02"
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last_action: "2022-11-02"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0db83580-82ee-4337-9dfa-6103225df9f3"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=109586"
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source_hash: "7d998f015c3a07408276283d213050157c5ffcc386d39046e3d41c6d2d3fd139"
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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 309 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 24 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE PRACTICE OF CHIROPRACTIC.
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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.
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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=109586&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB309)
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## Votes
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- 3/5 — **39–0** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **20–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
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- Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
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- David Bentz — primary (person)
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- Debra Heffernan — primary (person)
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- John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
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- Stephanie L. Hansen — primary (person)
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- Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
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- Dave G. Lawson — cosponsor (person)
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- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
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- John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
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- Kendra Johnson — cosponsor (person)
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- Kevin S Hensley — cosponsor (person)
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- Larry Lambert — cosponsor (person)
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- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
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- Sarah McBride — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-06-02** Introduced and Assigned to Legislative Oversight & Sunset Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2022-06-03** Re-Assigned to Banking, Business & Insurance Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2022-06-08** Reported Out of Committee (Banking, Business & Insurance) in Senate with 6 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2022-06-09** Assigned to Finance Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2022-06-09** Reported Out of Committee (Finance) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2022-06-09** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2022-06-10** Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2022-06-15** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 5 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-06-23** Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2022-11-02** 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/0db83580-82ee-4337-9dfa-6103225df9f3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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