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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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Claire Snyder-Hall
Cyndie Romer
Edward S. Osienski
John "Jack" Walsh
Kerri Evelyn Harris
Laura V. Sturgeon
Marie Pinkney
Melissa Minor-Brown
Nicole Poore
Stell Parker Selby
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 — 200 (pass) · upper
  • SM — 380 (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).