republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/152/sb-116.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 24 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO A PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS LICENSURE COMPACT.	This Act adopts the PA Licensure Compact, which is an interstate occupational licensure compact for physician assistants (PAs). The purpose of the Compact is to strengthen access to medical services and enhance the portability of a license to practice as a physician assistant while safeguarding the safety of patients and complementing the existing authority of state licensing boards to license and discipline physician assistants. Under the Compact, a physician assistant licensed in a Compact member state may obtain a privilege to practice in another Compact member state. Physician assistants using a Compact privilege to practice in another state must adhere to laws and regulations of practice in that state and are under the jurisdiction of the regulatory board of the state in which they are practicing.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	152	SB 116	Delaware SB 116 (152)	bill		enacted	Brian Pettyjohn Eric Morrison Kendra Johnson Laura V. Sturgeon Marie Pinkney Michael F. Smith Nicole Poore Paul S. Baumbach Russell Huxtable Ruth Briggs King Sarah McBride Sean Matthews Sherry Dorsey Walker Stell Parker Selby	1	8	2	2023-05-09	2023-07-21	openstates	ocd-bill/20208960-c1e2-444a-a482-aa42385cece2	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=130336	3b3cd8b0ce0b22038c53d63451cee304169e7615dcf851d01ba8ce8295ca3f0b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware SB 116 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 24 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO A PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS LICENSURE COMPACT.

This Act adopts the PA Licensure Compact, which is an interstate occupational licensure compact for physician assistants (PAs). The purpose of the Compact is to strengthen access to medical services and enhance the portability of a license to practice as a physician assistant while safeguarding the safety of patients and complementing the existing authority of state licensing boards to license and discipline physician assistants. Under the Compact, a physician assistant licensed in a Compact member state may obtain a privilege to practice in another Compact member state. Physician assistants using a Compact privilege to practice in another state must adhere to laws and regulations of practice in that state and are under the jurisdiction of the regulatory board of the state in which they are practicing.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 2/3 — 21–0 (pass) · upper
• SM — 38–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
• Eric Morrison — primary (person)
• Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
• Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
• Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
• Michael F. Smith — primary (person)
• Nicole Poore — primary (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
• Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
• Ruth Briggs King — primary (person)
• Sarah McBride — primary (person)
• Sean Matthews — primary (person)
• Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
• Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-05-09 Introduced and Assigned to Legislative Oversight & Sunset Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2023-05-12 Re-Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2023-05-17 Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 6 Favorable committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-06-08 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2023-06-08 Assigned to Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability) Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2023-06-20 Reported Out of Committee (Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability)) in House with 3 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-06-27 Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 3 ABSENT passage
• 2023-07-21 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/20208960-c1e2-444a-a482-aa42385cece2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).