republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/153/hb-21.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO TIANEPTINE.	This Act bans the sale of Tianeptine in the State by identifying it as a Schedule I controlled substance. Tianeptine, also known as “gas station heroin,” is an antidepressant drug that is not approved by the FDA and is being sold as a dietary supplement in gas stations and other shops. This Act requires approval by a two-thirds vote because the statutory change will result in the expansion of an existing misdemeanor.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	153	HB 21	Delaware HB 21 (153)	bill		enacted	Brian Pettyjohn Bryant L. Richardson Claire Snyder-Hall Cyndie Romer Eric Morrison Franklin D. Cooke Kerri Evelyn Harris Kimberly Williams Laura V. Sturgeon Mara Gorman Marie Pinkney Melanie Ross Levin Nicole Poore Russell Huxtable Sarah McBride	1	10	3	2024-12-19	2025-07-21	openstates	ocd-bill/ba62ca26-a78e-44d8-aecc-b72b79683b16	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141727	6be7425b69ef300dedca64f780ee17cc36bbc62690c265b4e3254b34b89a1e7f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 21 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO TIANEPTINE.

This Act bans the sale of Tianeptine in the State by identifying it as a Schedule I controlled substance. Tianeptine, also known as “gas station heroin,” is an antidepressant drug that is not approved by the FDA and is being sold as a dietary supplement in gas stations and other shops. This Act requires approval by a two-thirds vote because the statutory change will result in the expansion of an existing misdemeanor.

Version chain

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

1. SA 1 to HB 21 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 2/3 — 36–0 (pass) · lower
• 2/3 — 21–0 (pass) · upper
• 2/3 — 37–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
• Bryant L. Richardson — primary (person)
• Claire Snyder-Hall — primary (person)
• Cyndie Romer — primary (person)
• Eric Morrison — primary (person)
• Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
• Kerri Evelyn Harris — primary (person)
• Kimberly Williams — primary (person)
• Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
• Mara Gorman — primary (person)
• Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
• Melanie Ross Levin — primary (person)
• Nicole Poore — primary (person)
• Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
• Sarah McBride — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-12-19 Introduced and Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2025-01-29 Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 9 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-20 Passed By House. Votes: 36 YES 5 ABSENT passage
• 2025-03-20 Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2025-03-26 Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits, 1 Unfavorable committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2025-06-30 Amendment SA 1 to HB 21 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2025-06-30 Amendment SA 1 to HB 21 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES amendment-passage
• 2025-06-30 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2025-06-30 Passed By House. Votes: 37 YES 3 ABSENT 1 VACANT passage
• 2025-07-21 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ba62ca26-a78e-44d8-aecc-b72b79683b16. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).