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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MEDICAL MARIJUANA."
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description: "This Act allows nurse practitioners and physician assistants to recommend medical marijuana for adult patients."
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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 60"
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citation: "Delaware SB 60 (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", "Melissa Minor-Brown", "Michael Ramone", "Sarah McBride", "Sherry Dorsey Walker"]
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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: "2021-02-12"
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last_action: "2021-06-15"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/622bd44d-25e8-4f97-a89b-55569e5b1e3e"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=48375"
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source_hash: "eb1ff8a12993d7e7201a146a1835fb501b1fe9e7adaf47d4f47ce1ef749ae493"
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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 60 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MEDICAL MARIJUANA.
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This Act allows nurse practitioners and physician assistants to recommend medical marijuana for adult patients.
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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=48375&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB60)
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2. **SA 1 to SB 60** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=48485&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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## Votes
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- 2/3 — **39–0** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Ernesto B. Lopez — primary (person)
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- Melissa Minor-Brown — primary (person)
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- Michael Ramone — primary (person)
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- Sarah McBride — primary (person)
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- Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
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- Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
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- Bruce C. Ennis — 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 L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
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- Jeffrey N. Spiegelman — cosponsor (person)
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- John "Jack" Walsh — cosponsor (person)
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- Kendra Johnson — cosponsor (person)
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- Kimberly Williams — cosponsor (person)
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- Larry Lambert — 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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- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
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- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — cosponsor (person)
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- Stephanie L. Hansen — 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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- **2021-02-12** Introduced and Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-17** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 5 Favorable `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-18** Amendment SA 1 to SB 60 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2021-03-23** Amendment SA 1 to SB 60 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `amendment-passage`
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- **2021-03-23** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2021-03-24** Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-31** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 7 Favorable, 7 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-05-07** Suspension of Rules in House
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- **2021-05-13** Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2021-06-15** 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/622bd44d-25e8-4f97-a89b-55569e5b1e3e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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