republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/153/hb-224.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 AND TITLE 24 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO REGISTRATION OF DEATH.	The Act authorizes licensed Physician Assistants (PA) in Delaware to pronounce death and to complete a medical certification of death. This Act also removes registered nurses from the list of practitioners who may complete a medical certification of death, as it conflicts with the scope of practice set out in Title 24.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	153	HB 224	Delaware HB 224 (153)	bill		enacted	Claire Snyder-Hall Dave G. Lawson David L. Wilson Franklin D. Cooke Kendra Johnson Laura V. Sturgeon Marie Pinkney Melanie Ross Levin Nicole Poore Ray Seigfried Sarah McBride Stell Parker Selby Valerie Jones Giltner William J. Carson	0	7	2	2025-06-24	2026-04-23	openstates	ocd-bill/ee88759d-79cf-4857-bea0-631043952d68	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=142607	8e511576b6e0ac2f094994164806a2467599cc53c058118c13d52dc287fda9be	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 224 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 AND TITLE 24 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO REGISTRATION OF DEATH.

The Act authorizes licensed Physician Assistants (PA) in Delaware to pronounce death and to complete a medical certification of death. This Act also removes registered nurses from the list of practitioners who may complete a medical certification of death, as it conflicts with the scope of practice set out in Title 24.

Version chain

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

Votes

• SM — 20–0 (pass) · upper
• SM — 36–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Claire Snyder-Hall — primary (person)
• Dave G. Lawson — primary (person)
• David L. Wilson — primary (person)
• Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
• Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
• Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
• Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
• Melanie Ross Levin — primary (person)
• Nicole Poore — primary (person)
• Ray Seigfried — primary (person)
• Sarah McBride — primary (person)
• Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)
• Valerie Jones Giltner — primary (person)
• William J. Carson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-06-24 Introduced and Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2026-01-14 Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 12 Favorable committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-01-15 Passed By House. Votes: 36 YES 5 ABSENT passage
• 2026-01-15 Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2026-01-21 Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 7 Favorable committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-25 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/ee88759d-79cf-4857-bea0-631043952d68. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).