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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 AND TITLE 24 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO REGISTRATION OF DEATH."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "153"
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identifier: "HB 224"
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citation: "Delaware HB 224 (153)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["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"]
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version_count: 0
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action_count: 7
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-06-24"
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last_action: "2026-04-23"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ee88759d-79cf-4857-bea0-631043952d68"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=142607"
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source_hash: "8e511576b6e0ac2f094994164806a2467599cc53c058118c13d52dc287fda9be"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
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---
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# Delaware HB 224 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 AND TITLE 24 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO REGISTRATION OF DEATH.
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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## Votes
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- SM — **20–0** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **36–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Claire Snyder-Hall — primary (person)
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- Dave G. Lawson — primary (person)
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- David L. Wilson — primary (person)
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- Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
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- Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
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- Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
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- Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
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- Melanie Ross Levin — primary (person)
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- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
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- Ray Seigfried — primary (person)
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- Sarah McBride — primary (person)
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- Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)
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- Valerie Jones Giltner — primary (person)
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- William J. Carson — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-06-24** Introduced and Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-14** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 12 Favorable `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-01-15** Passed By House. Votes: 36 YES 5 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2026-01-15** Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-21** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 7 Favorable `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-25** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2026-04-23** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ee88759d-79cf-4857-bea0-631043952d68`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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