republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/152/hb-71.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 RELATING TO THE LYME DISEASE EDUCATION OVERSIGHT BOARD.	This bill clarifies that the goal and function of the Lyme Disease Education Oversight Board includes Lyme Disease and other tick-related diseases. This Act supersedes the previous sunset provision that established the Board in House Bill 291 from the 148th General Assembly (80 Del. Laws c. 402 § 1) and extends the Board’s existence until 2032 unless otherwise provided by a subsequent act of the General Assembly.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	152	HB 71	Delaware HB 71 (152)	bill		enacted	Brian Pettyjohn Bryan Townsend Daniel B. Short David L. Wilson David P. Sokola Edward S. Osienski John "Jack" Walsh Kendra Johnson Laura V. Sturgeon Michael Ramone Nicole Poore Paul S. Baumbach Peter C. Schwartzkopf Ronald E. Gray Russell Huxtable Sean Matthews Stell Parker Selby Timothy D. Dukes Valerie Longhurst	2	9	2	2023-03-02	2023-04-12	openstates	ocd-bill/1565a1ca-6431-457a-a261-ea9365128762	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=130041	e9944c8102f236877556825c2998141df5b10b4eb50b2c2cd6c7a62ffb2ee502	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 71 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 RELATING TO THE LYME DISEASE EDUCATION OVERSIGHT BOARD.

This bill clarifies that the goal and function of the Lyme Disease Education Oversight Board includes Lyme Disease and other tick-related diseases. This Act supersedes the previous sunset provision that established the Board in House Bill 291 from the 148th General Assembly (80 Del. Laws c. 402 § 1) and extends the Board’s existence until 2032 unless otherwise provided by a subsequent act of the General Assembly.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source
2. HA 1 to HB 71 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 40–0 (pass) · lower
• SM — 21–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
• Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
• Daniel B. Short — primary (person)
• David L. Wilson — primary (person)
• David P. Sokola — primary (person)
• Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
• John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
• Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
• Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
• Michael Ramone — primary (person)
• Nicole Poore — primary (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
• Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
• Ronald E. Gray — primary (person)
• Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
• Sean Matthews — primary (person)
• Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)
• Timothy D. Dukes — primary (person)
• Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-03-02 Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2023-03-08 Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2023-03-08 Amendment HA 1 to HB 71 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2023-03-09 Amendment HA 1 to HB 71 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2023-03-09 Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2023-03-09 Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2023-03-29 Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 7 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2023-04-04 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2023-04-12 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1565a1ca-6431-457a-a261-ea9365128762. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).