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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 24 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO LICENSE TO PRACTICE DENTISTRY."
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description: "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."
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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 73"
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citation: "Delaware SB 73 (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", "David Bentz", "Sarah McBride"]
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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: "2021-02-26"
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last_action: "2021-09-30"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2bd730a2-c303-4580-a965-acfa8621b0bf"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=48399"
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source_hash: "ffdbe5bcec486bd69e5560cb1079d164da1b707231ed691607e0ccb78dfc35f8"
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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 73 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 24 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO LICENSE TO PRACTICE DENTISTRY.
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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.
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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=48399&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB73)
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2. **SA 1 to SB 73** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=48469&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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## Votes
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- SM — **41–0** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
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- David Bentz — primary (person)
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- Sarah McBride — 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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- Eric Morrison — cosponsor (person)
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- John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
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- Kendra Johnson — cosponsor (person)
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- Kyle Evans Gay — cosponsor (person)
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- Larry Lambert — cosponsor (person)
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- Laura V. Sturgeon — cosponsor (person)
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- Lyndon D. Yearick — cosponsor (person)
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- Marie Pinkney — cosponsor (person)
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- Nnamdi O. Chukwuocha — cosponsor (person)
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- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
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- Ronald E. Gray — cosponsor (person)
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- Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
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- S. Elizabeth Lockman — cosponsor (person)
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- Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-02-26** 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 73 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2021-03-24** Amendment SA 1 to SB 73 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `amendment-passage`
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- **2021-03-24** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2021-03-25** Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-04-21** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 8 Favorable, 6 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-06-18** Suspension of Rules in House
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- **2021-06-23** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
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- **2021-09-30** 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/2bd730a2-c303-4580-a965-acfa8621b0bf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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