republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/152/hb-223.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 24 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CONTINUING EDUCATION FOR NURSING PROFESSIONALS.	This Act amends the continuing education requirements for nursing professionals, mandating that all nursing professionals receive at least one hour of continuing education in each reporting period on the recognition of sexual or physical abuse, exploitation, or domestic violence of vulnerable populations, or on the reporting obligations under the rules and regulations of the Board of Nursing. The Act removes the requirement for nursing professionals who work in adult gerontology to complete continuing education on the topic of diagnosis, treatment, and care of patients with Alzheimer's disease or other dementias.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	152	HB 223	Delaware HB 223 (152)	bill		enacted	Kendra Johnson Melissa Minor-Brown Peter C. Schwartzkopf Valerie Jones Giltner	3	13	2	2023-06-09	2024-10-23	openstates	ocd-bill/5ee9ec80-7ef4-486f-8e3c-2ab1a04cf453	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=140574	5c0cdaa832d17d5937680956932c848fa1d658a9316f096e6e7073220be84227	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 223 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 24 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CONTINUING EDUCATION FOR NURSING PROFESSIONALS.

This Act amends the continuing education requirements for nursing professionals, mandating that all nursing professionals receive at least one hour of continuing education in each reporting period on the recognition of sexual or physical abuse, exploitation, or domestic violence of vulnerable populations, or on the reporting obligations under the rules and regulations of the Board of Nursing. The Act removes the requirement for nursing professionals who work in adult gerontology to complete continuing education on the topic of diagnosis, treatment, and care of patients with Alzheimer's disease or other dementias.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source
2. HA 2 to HB 223 (committee substitute) — source
3. HA 3 to HB 223 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 20–0 (pass) · upper
• SM — 39–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
• Melissa Minor-Brown — primary (person)
• Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
• Valerie Jones Giltner — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-06-09 Introduced and Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2023-06-23 Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 9 On Its Merits, 1 Unfavorable committee-passage, committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2023-06-23 Amendment HA 1 to HB 223 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2023-06-27 Amendment HA 2 to HB 223 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2024-06-13 Amendment HA 3 to HB 223 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2024-06-13 Amendment HA 1 to HB 223 - Stricken in House
• 2024-06-13 Amendment HA 2 to HB 223 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2024-06-13 Amendment HA 3 to HB 223 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2024-06-13 Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT passage
• 2024-06-13 Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-06-25 Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2024-06-30 Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2024-10-23 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5ee9ec80-7ef4-486f-8e3c-2ab1a04cf453. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).