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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 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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "152"
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identifier: "HB 285"
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citation: "Delaware HB 285 (152)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["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"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 7
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2023-12-14"
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last_action: "2024-05-28"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4c3616e0-2535-4916-b894-c8ebee8a4a02"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=140809"
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source_hash: "998fc66ff1111b428b20c94e1d836c7b6ce96273f7608b5ea094687e1fff14cf"
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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 HB 285 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MEDICAL MARIJUANA.
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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.
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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=140809&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB285)
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## Votes
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- SM — **16–5** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **26–10** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
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- Cyndie Romer — primary (person)
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- Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
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- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
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- Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
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- Eric Morrison — primary (person)
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- Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
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- Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
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- Kerri Evelyn Harris — primary (person)
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- Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
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- Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
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- Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
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- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
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- Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
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- Sarah McBride — primary (person)
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- Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
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- Trey Paradee — primary (person)
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- William Bush — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-12-14** Introduced and Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-10** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 6 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-01-25** Passed By House. Votes: 26 YES 10 NO 1 NOT VOTING 4 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2024-01-25** Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2024-03-20** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 4 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-03-28** Passed By Senate. Votes: 16 YES 5 NO `passage`
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- **2024-05-28** 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/4c3616e0-2535-4916-b894-c8ebee8a4a02`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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