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| Bill | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 24 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS, TITLES, AND NONHUMAN ENTITIES. | This Act clarifies that a nonhuman entity, including an agent powered by AI, may not be licensed as a professional nurse, APRN, practical nurse, physician, or physician assistant. It further clarifies that a nonhuman entity may not use any of the foregoing professional titles. | us/states/de | Delaware General Assembly | 153 | HB 191 | Delaware HB 191 (153) |
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0 | 7 | 2 | 2026-01-08 | 2026-04-23 | openstates | ocd-bill/6c78efbe-12d2-495f-8463-39e77d050d94 | https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=142752 | b11e7d51a7d443d5b6ad1d790c343a66578c4f8b63ed1ec743a258aa00f0ea3a | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Delaware HB 191 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 24 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS, TITLES, AND NONHUMAN ENTITIES.
This Act clarifies that a nonhuman entity, including an agent powered by AI, may not be licensed as a professional nurse, APRN, practical nurse, physician, or physician assistant. It further clarifies that a nonhuman entity may not use any of the foregoing professional titles.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- SM — 20–0 (pass) · upper
- SM — 38–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Claire Snyder-Hall — primary (person)
- Cyndie Romer — primary (person)
- Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
- John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
- Kerri Evelyn Harris — primary (person)
- Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
- Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
- Melissa Minor-Brown — primary (person)
- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
- Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-08 Introduced and Assigned to Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability) Committee in House
introduction, referral-committee - 2026-01-13 Reported Out of Committee (Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability)) in House with 5 On Its Merits
committee-passage - 2026-01-20 Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 3 ABSENT
passage - 2026-01-20 Assigned to Legislative Oversight & Sunset Committee in Senate
introduction, referral-committee - 2026-03-11 Reported Out of Committee (Legislative Oversight & Sunset) in Senate with 5 Favorable
committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable - 2026-03-24 Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT
passage - 2026-04-23 Signed by Governor
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6c78efbe-12d2-495f-8463-39e77d050d94. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).