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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 24 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE TOPICAL MEDICAL WASTE REDUCTION ACT."
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description: "This Act allows a practitioner with the authority to prescribe medication to give the unused portion of topical medication used during treatment to a patient upon discharge or the conclusion of the visit. This Act is based on the Model Act created by the American Academy of Ophthalmology, which has been adopted in Illinois."
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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 148"
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citation: "Delaware SB 148 (152)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Brian Pettyjohn", "David L. Wilson", "Kendra Johnson", "Kerri Evelyn Harris", "Laura V. Sturgeon", "Marie Pinkney", "Nicole Poore", "Ruth Briggs King", "Sarah McBride", "Sean Matthews", "Sherry Dorsey Walker", "William Bush"]
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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: "2023-06-01"
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last_action: "2023-08-09"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4aa4ded5-c420-4f19-af41-ea8f0cc9f7da"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=140458"
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source_hash: "d5dc1e85f18ee17e129ee1847dd54d59efcb6f29b546c2b5f75e7f3911e95bc7"
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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 148 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 24 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE TOPICAL MEDICAL WASTE REDUCTION ACT.
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This Act allows a practitioner with the authority to prescribe medication to give the unused portion of topical medication used during treatment to a patient upon discharge or the conclusion of the visit. This Act is based on the Model Act created by the American Academy of Ophthalmology, which has been adopted in Illinois.
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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=140458&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB148)
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## Votes
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- SM — **38–0** (pass) · lower
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- 2/3 — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
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- David L. Wilson — primary (person)
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- Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
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- Kerri Evelyn Harris — primary (person)
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- Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
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- Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
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- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
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- Ruth Briggs King — primary (person)
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- Sarah McBride — primary (person)
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- Sean Matthews — primary (person)
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- Sherry Dorsey Walker — 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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- **2023-06-01** Introduced and Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2023-06-07** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 5 Favorable `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-06-08** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2023-06-08** Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2023-06-20** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 2 Favorable, 12 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-06-27** Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 3 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2023-08-09** 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/4aa4ded5-c420-4f19-af41-ea8f0cc9f7da`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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