republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/151/sb-44.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DRUG OVERDOSE FATALITY REVIEW COMMISSION.	This Act allows the Drug Overdose Fatality Review Commission ("Commission") to review all deaths related to a drug overdose, regardless of the type of drug implicated in the overdose death. This change will allow the Commission to obtain and review all medical records, including substance abuse and mental health records, when there is a death related to a drug overdose. This approach will allow the Commission to monitor the evolving nature of societal drug use over time and make recommendations that are proactive in reducing the harm from emerging trends.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	151	SB 44	Delaware SB 44 (151)	bill		enacted	Bryan Townsend David Bentz Larry Lambert Laura V. Sturgeon Stephanie L. Hansen	2	10	2	2021-01-21	2021-06-15	openstates	ocd-bill/7981d1e4-8478-4a65-b9a2-349c465261fa	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=48320	0f70a7342bd087aac5c7375f2908e2f57670a62931e83586fd855aef92a11e86	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware SB 44 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DRUG OVERDOSE FATALITY REVIEW COMMISSION.

This Act allows the Drug Overdose Fatality Review Commission ("Commission") to review all deaths related to a drug overdose, regardless of the type of drug implicated in the overdose death. This change will allow the Commission to obtain and review all medical records, including substance abuse and mental health records, when there is a death related to a drug overdose. This approach will allow the Commission to monitor the evolving nature of societal drug use over time and make recommendations that are proactive in reducing the harm from emerging trends.

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 44 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 21–0 (pass) · upper
• 2/3 — 40–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
• David Bentz — primary (person)
• Larry Lambert — primary (person)
• Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
• Stephanie L. Hansen — primary (person)
• David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
• Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
• Eric Morrison — cosponsor (person)
• John "Jack" Walsh — cosponsor (person)
• John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
• Krista Griffith — cosponsor (person)
• Marie Pinkney — cosponsor (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
• Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
• Sean M. Lynn — cosponsor (person)
• Spiros Mantzavinos — cosponsor (person)
• Trey Paradee — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-21 Introduced and Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-03-04 Amendment SA 1 to SB 44 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2021-03-09 Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-03-23 Amendment SA 1 to SB 44 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 NO amendment-passage
• 2021-03-23 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2021-03-24 Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-03-31 Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 8 Favorable, 6 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-05-14 Suspension of Rules in House
• 2021-05-18 Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2021-06-15 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7981d1e4-8478-4a65-b9a2-349c465261fa. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).