Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
4.2 KiB
type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags
| type | title | description | jurisdiction | legislature | session | identifier | citation | classification | subjects | status | primary_sponsors | version_count | action_count | vote_count | first_action | last_action | source | source_identifier | source_url | source_hash | vintage | source_snapshot | retrieved_at | confidence | tags | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PROSTATE CANCER SCREENING. | According to the American Cancer Society, prostate cancer is the second-leading cause of death from cancer in men. It is estimated that about 1 in 41 men will die of prostate cancer. According to ZERO Prostate Cancer, Black men face serious health care disparities regarding prostate cancer. 1 in 6 Black men will develop prostate cancer in their lifetime compared to 1 in 8 men overall. Black men are also 1.7 times more likely to be diagnosed with, and 2.1 times more likely to die from, prostate cancer than white men. | us/states/de | Delaware General Assembly | 152 | HB 302 | Delaware HB 302 (152) |
|
enacted |
|
1 | 6 | 2 | 2024-04-11 | 2024-10-28 | openstates | ocd-bill/98c78a33-174f-4121-bd0f-a87d32551043 | https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141173 | f26653f8831e1c3393b26e2b35c1208007a85f5bbd4b012352b3413c170b76bc | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
|
Delaware HB 302 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PROSTATE CANCER SCREENING.
According to the American Cancer Society, prostate cancer is the second-leading cause of death from cancer in men. It is estimated that about 1 in 41 men will die of prostate cancer. According to ZERO Prostate Cancer, Black men face serious health care disparities regarding prostate cancer. 1 in 6 Black men will develop prostate cancer in their lifetime compared to 1 in 8 men overall. Black men are also 1.7 times more likely to be diagnosed with, and 2.1 times more likely to die from, prostate cancer than white men.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Bill Text (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- 3/5 — 18–0 (pass) · upper
- SM — 24–3 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
- David L. Wilson — 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)
- Madinah Wilson-Anton — primary (person)
- Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
- Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
- Sean M. Lynn — primary (person)
- Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
- Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)
- Stephanie T. Bolden — primary (person)
- William Bush — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2024-04-11 was introduced and adopted in lieu of HB 302
introduction - 2024-05-07 Passed By House. Votes: 24 YES 3 NO 8 NOT VOTING 6 ABSENT
passage - 2024-05-07 Assigned to Banking, Business, Insurance & Technology Committee in Senate
introduction, referral-committee - 2024-05-22 Reported Out of Committee (Banking, Business, Insurance & Technology) in Senate with 6 On Its Merits
committee-passage - 2024-06-20 Passed By Senate. Votes: 18 YES 3 ABSENT
passage - 2024-10-28 Signed by Governor
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/98c78a33-174f-4121-bd0f-a87d32551043. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).