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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MATERNAL MENTAL HEALTH."
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description: "This Act modernizes and expands the concept of maternal mental health by replacing the definition of maternal depression with the more encompassing definition of perinatal mood and anxiety disorder. This Act contemplates treatment for any caregiver who may be affected by perinatal mood and anxiety disorder. This Act avoids use of gender-based pronouns as recommended by the Legislative Drafting Manual."
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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: "SB 106"
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citation: "Delaware SB 106 (152)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bryan Townsend", "Cyndie Romer", "Darius J. Brown", "David P. Sokola", "Eric Morrison", "Kendra Johnson", "Kyle Evans Gay", "Laura V. Sturgeon", "Madinah Wilson-Anton", "Marie Pinkney", "Nicole Poore", "Paul S. Baumbach", "Peter C. Schwartzkopf", "Russell Huxtable", "Ruth Briggs King", "S. Elizabeth Lockman", "Sarah McBride", "Sean Matthews", "Trey Paradee", "William Bush"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 6
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2023-06-08"
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last_action: "2024-09-24"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2d6a5fa4-bb3b-4eb4-9aa8-02335bf0c73e"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=140552"
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source_hash: "fa9dd3b8d6c6d282e778fe4d07a1516b0b8ac617ea1da1a3c5dc088e8c7549f2"
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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 SB 106 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MATERNAL MENTAL HEALTH.
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This Act modernizes and expands the concept of maternal mental health by replacing the definition of maternal depression with the more encompassing definition of perinatal mood and anxiety disorder. This Act contemplates treatment for any caregiver who may be affected by perinatal mood and anxiety disorder. This Act avoids use of gender-based pronouns as recommended by the Legislative Drafting Manual.
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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=140552&legislationTypeId=6&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SS1forSB106)
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## Votes
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- SM — **14–6** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **36–1** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bryan Townsend — 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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- Eric Morrison — primary (person)
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- Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
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- Kyle Evans Gay — primary (person)
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- Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
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- Madinah Wilson-Anton — primary (person)
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- Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
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- Nicole Poore — 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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- Ruth Briggs King — primary (person)
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- S. Elizabeth Lockman — primary (person)
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- Sarah McBride — primary (person)
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- Sean Matthews — 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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- **2023-06-08** was introduced and adopted in lieu of SB 106 `introduction`
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- **2023-06-08** Passed By Senate. Votes: 14 YES 6 NO 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2023-06-08** Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2023-06-14** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 2 Favorable, 7 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-01-11** Passed By House. Votes: 36 YES 1 NO 4 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2024-09-24** 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/2d6a5fa4-bb3b-4eb4-9aa8-02335bf0c73e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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