republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/152/sb-212.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE BUREAU OF HEALTH EQUITY.	Like Senate Bill No. 212, Senate Substitute No. 1 for Senate Bill No. 212 codifies the Bureau of Health Equity (BHE) in the Division of Public Health, which includes the Office of Minority Health and the Office of Women’s Health. The purpose of the BHE is to ensure that everyone in Delaware will achieve their full health potential by eliminating health disparities, particularly among all racial and ethnic minority groups. The BHE works with communities to address social determinants of health, focusing on prevention, health, and wellness in the broader population instead of treatment focused on individuals. Health disparities are preventable differences in the quality of health or health care between 2 or more groups of people based on a shared characteristic of the individuals within each group, such as race, ethnicity, or socioeconomic status and the differences between the groups regarding access to health care or burdens, prevalence, or incidence of disease or violence.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	152	SB 212	Delaware SB 212 (152)	bill		enacted	Bryan Townsend Darius J. Brown David P. Sokola Franklin D. Cooke John "Jack" Walsh Kendra Johnson Marie Pinkney Nicole Poore Russell Huxtable S. Elizabeth Lockman Sarah McBride Sean M. Lynn Sherry Dorsey Walker Spiros Mantzavinos	1	7	2	2024-03-11	2024-08-12	openstates	ocd-bill/86428bc1-3444-4ba5-bc59-9a710ca6cdb6	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141023	060870bc2fa7459959fac736ceb314f2d2ce3b01bc5f3eca235d3032fee09ea7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware SB 212 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE BUREAU OF HEALTH EQUITY.

Like Senate Bill No. 212, Senate Substitute No. 1 for Senate Bill No. 212 codifies the Bureau of Health Equity (BHE) in the Division of Public Health, which includes the Office of Minority Health and the Office of Women’s Health. The purpose of the BHE is to ensure that everyone in Delaware will achieve their full health potential by eliminating health disparities, particularly among all racial and ethnic minority groups. The BHE works with communities to address social determinants of health, focusing on prevention, health, and wellness in the broader population instead of treatment focused on individuals. Health disparities are preventable differences in the quality of health or health care between 2 or more groups of people based on a shared characteristic of the individuals within each group, such as race, ethnicity, or socioeconomic status and the differences between the groups regarding access to health care or burdens, prevalence, or incidence of disease or violence.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 40–0 (pass) · lower
• SM — 20–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
• Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
• David P. Sokola — primary (person)
• Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
• John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
• Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
• Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
• Nicole Poore — primary (person)
• Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
• S. Elizabeth Lockman — primary (person)
• Sarah McBride — primary (person)
• Sean M. Lynn — primary (person)
• Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
• Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-03-11 Adopted in lieu of the original bill SB 212, and Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-03-13 Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2024-03-20 Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 NOT VOTING passage
• 2024-03-21 Assigned to Administration Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-05-22 Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2024-06-25 Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2024-08-12 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/86428bc1-3444-4ba5-bc59-9a710ca6cdb6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).