republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/152/sb-165.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 24 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PHARMACY."
description: "This Act amends Chapter 25, Title 24 of the Delaware Code relating to the Practice of Pharmacy. The amendments authorize pharmacists to engage in “collaborative pharmacy practice” with one or more “practitioners” meaning individuals who are authorized by law to prescribe drugs in the course of professional practice. Pharmacists may also do so pursuant to a “collaborative pharmacy practice agreement,” which means a written and signed agreement between one or more pharmacists and one or more practitioners that provides for a collaborative pharmacy practice."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "152"
identifier: "SB 165"
citation: "Delaware SB 165 (152)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian Pettyjohn", "Bryan Townsend", "Bryant L. Richardson", "Cyndie Romer", "Darius J. Brown", "David L. Wilson", "David P. Sokola", "Franklin D. Cooke", "John \"Jack\" Walsh", "Kendra Johnson", "Kerri Evelyn Harris", "Laura V. Sturgeon", "Marie Pinkney", "Michael F. Smith", "Nicole Poore", "Paul S. Baumbach", "Peter C. Schwartzkopf", "Russell Huxtable", "S. Elizabeth Lockman", "Sarah McBride", "Sean Matthews", "Sherry Dorsey Walker", "Spiros Mantzavinos", "Stell Parker Selby", "Trey Paradee", "Valerie Longhurst", "William Bush"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-06-06"
last_action: "2023-08-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f8821863-40a5-4269-bba0-3a7f779633f8"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=140525"
source_hash: "1b0b8558c832b14c79fff38c5f40f78ed50e77767ccab5f4b63b39d755d93932"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
---

# Delaware SB 165 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 24 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PHARMACY.

This Act amends Chapter 25, Title 24 of the Delaware Code relating to the Practice of Pharmacy. The amendments authorize pharmacists to engage in “collaborative pharmacy practice” with one or more “practitioners” meaning individuals who are authorized by law to prescribe drugs in the course of professional practice. Pharmacists may also do so pursuant to a “collaborative pharmacy practice agreement,” which means a written and signed agreement between one or more pharmacists and one or more practitioners that provides for a collaborative pharmacy practice.

## Version chain

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

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=140525&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB165)
2. **SA 1 to SB 165** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=140605&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
3. **SA 2 to SB 165** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=140632&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)

## Votes

- SM — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- SM — **25–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
- Bryant L. Richardson — primary (person)
- Cyndie Romer — primary (person)
- Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
- David L. Wilson — primary (person)
- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
- Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
- John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
- Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
- Kerri Evelyn Harris — 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)
- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
- Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
- S. Elizabeth Lockman — primary (person)
- Sarah McBride — primary (person)
- Sean Matthews — primary (person)
- Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
- Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
- Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)
- Trey Paradee — primary (person)
- Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
- William Bush — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-06** Introduced and Assigned to Legislative Oversight & Sunset Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-14** Amendment SA 1 to SB 165 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-06-14** Reported Out of Committee (Legislative Oversight & Sunset) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-15** Amendment SA 2 to SB 165 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-06-15** Amendment SA 1 to SB 165 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-15** Amendment SA 2 to SB 165 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-15** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2023-06-16** Assigned to Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability) Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-16** Re-Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-21** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 5 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-29** Passed By House. Votes: 25 YES 16 ABSENT `passage`
- **2023-08-17** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f8821863-40a5-4269-bba0-3a7f779633f8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).