republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/151/sb-73.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 24 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO LICENSE TO PRACTICE DENTISTRY.	This Act permits an individual to practice dentistry for the Division of Public Health (Division) under a provisional license. Delaware law provides several routes for entering practice on an interim basis until full licensure can be obtained, however, none of these routes specifically permit hiring by the Division with the intent to practice in a state-supported dental clinic. This Act will assist the Division in recruiting dentists to serve those in need.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	151	SB 73	Delaware SB 73 (151)	bill		enacted	Bryan Townsend David Bentz Sarah McBride	2	10	2	2021-02-26	2021-09-30	openstates	ocd-bill/2bd730a2-c303-4580-a965-acfa8621b0bf	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=48399	ffdbe5bcec486bd69e5560cb1079d164da1b707231ed691607e0ccb78dfc35f8	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware SB 73 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 24 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO LICENSE TO PRACTICE DENTISTRY.

This Act permits an individual to practice dentistry for the Division of Public Health (Division) under a provisional license. Delaware law provides several routes for entering practice on an interim basis until full licensure can be obtained, however, none of these routes specifically permit hiring by the Division with the intent to practice in a state-supported dental clinic. This Act will assist the Division in recruiting dentists to serve those in need.

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 73 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 41–0 (pass) · lower
• SM — 21–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
• David Bentz — primary (person)
• Sarah McBride — primary (person)
• Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
• Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
• David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
• David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
• Debra Heffernan — cosponsor (person)
• Eric Morrison — cosponsor (person)
• John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
• Kendra Johnson — cosponsor (person)
• Kyle Evans Gay — cosponsor (person)
• Larry Lambert — cosponsor (person)
• Laura V. Sturgeon — cosponsor (person)
• Lyndon D. Yearick — cosponsor (person)
• Marie Pinkney — cosponsor (person)
• Nnamdi O. Chukwuocha — cosponsor (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
• Ronald E. Gray — cosponsor (person)
• Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
• S. Elizabeth Lockman — cosponsor (person)
• Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-26 Introduced and Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-03-17 Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 5 Favorable committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-03-18 Amendment SA 1 to SB 73 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2021-03-24 Amendment SA 1 to SB 73 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES amendment-passage
• 2021-03-24 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2021-03-25 Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-04-21 Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 8 Favorable, 6 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-06-18 Suspension of Rules in House
• 2021-06-23 Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES passage
• 2021-09-30 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2bd730a2-c303-4580-a965-acfa8621b0bf. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).