republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/152/hb-285.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MEDICAL MARIJUANA.	This Act amends the Delaware Medical Marijuana Act by removing the requirement that a patient have a debilitating medical condition to qualify for a registry identification card, instead allowing health-care providers to make the determination of whether a patient has a diagnosed medical condition for which the patient would receive therapeutic or palliative benefit from the use of medical marijuana. As a result, this Act removes the CBD-rich and compassionate use programs, which previously allowed for the use of marijuana for the treatment of conditions that otherwise did not qualify a patient for a registry identification card.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	152	HB 285	Delaware HB 285 (152)	bill		enacted	Brian Pettyjohn Cyndie Romer Darius J. Brown David P. Sokola Edward S. Osienski Eric Morrison Franklin D. Cooke Kendra Johnson Kerri Evelyn Harris Laura V. Sturgeon Marie Pinkney Paul S. Baumbach Peter C. Schwartzkopf Russell Huxtable Sarah McBride Spiros Mantzavinos Trey Paradee William Bush	1	7	2	2023-12-14	2024-05-28	openstates	ocd-bill/4c3616e0-2535-4916-b894-c8ebee8a4a02	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=140809	998fc66ff1111b428b20c94e1d836c7b6ce96273f7608b5ea094687e1fff14cf	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 285 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MEDICAL MARIJUANA.

This Act amends the Delaware Medical Marijuana Act by removing the requirement that a patient have a debilitating medical condition to qualify for a registry identification card, instead allowing health-care providers to make the determination of whether a patient has a diagnosed medical condition for which the patient would receive therapeutic or palliative benefit from the use of medical marijuana. As a result, this Act removes the CBD-rich and compassionate use programs, which previously allowed for the use of marijuana for the treatment of conditions that otherwise did not qualify a patient for a registry identification card.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 16–5 (pass) · upper
• SM — 26–10 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
• Cyndie Romer — primary (person)
• Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
• David P. Sokola — primary (person)
• Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
• Eric Morrison — primary (person)
• Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
• Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
• Kerri Evelyn Harris — primary (person)
• Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
• Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
• Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
• Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
• Sarah McBride — primary (person)
• Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
• Trey Paradee — primary (person)
• William Bush — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-12-14 Introduced and Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-01-10 Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 6 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-01-25 Passed By House. Votes: 26 YES 10 NO 1 NOT VOTING 4 ABSENT passage
• 2024-01-25 Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-03-20 Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 4 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-28 Passed By Senate. Votes: 16 YES 5 NO passage
• 2024-05-28 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4c3616e0-2535-4916-b894-c8ebee8a4a02. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).