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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 4 AND 16 RELATING TO MEDICAL MARIJUANA."
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description: "This Act moves the Office of Medical Marijuana, which is currently under the Department of Health and Social Services to the Office of the Marijuana Commissioner within the Department of Safety and Homeland Security. Under this Act, the Marijuana Commissioner, rather than DHSS, will be responsible for administering the Delaware Medical Marijuana Act, which includes the following tasks: (1) Registration and certification of safety compliance facilities and compassion centers; (2) Issuance of registry identification cards; (3) Registration of qualifying patients and designated caregivers; and (4) Updating rules and regulations under the Delaware Medical Marijuana Act."
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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 425"
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citation: "Delaware HB 425 (152)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Edward S. Osienski", "Trey Paradee"]
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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: "2024-05-23"
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last_action: "2024-07-17"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f69be5d8-4a59-4ff2-92fc-c166d0e3953a"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141474"
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source_hash: "66065df781db1b0e7fa2669b0d260ea0b1eb69a0b34f81d90684e29a646ce204"
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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 425 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 4 AND 16 RELATING TO MEDICAL MARIJUANA.
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This Act moves the Office of Medical Marijuana, which is currently under the Department of Health and Social Services to the Office of the Marijuana Commissioner within the Department of Safety and Homeland Security. Under this Act, the Marijuana Commissioner, rather than DHSS, will be responsible for administering the Delaware Medical Marijuana Act, which includes the following tasks: (1) Registration and certification of safety compliance facilities and compassion centers; (2) Issuance of registry identification cards; (3) Registration of qualifying patients and designated caregivers; and (4) Updating rules and regulations under the Delaware Medical Marijuana Act.
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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=141474&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB425)
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## Votes
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- SM — **39–0** (pass) · lower
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- 3/4 — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
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- Trey Paradee — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-05-23** Introduced and Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2024-06-13** Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce) in House with 7 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2024-06-18** Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2024-06-18** Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2024-06-26** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 7 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2024-06-27** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2024-07-17** 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/f69be5d8-4a59-4ff2-92fc-c166d0e3953a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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