republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/153/hb-325.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES AND PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS.	This Act changes the title of “physician assistant” to “physician associate” in Title 24, as well as changes the references from physician assistant to physician associate throughout the Delaware Code. It does not change any rights or privileges of those who have been or continue to hold themselves out to be a “physician assistant.”	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	153	HB 325	Delaware HB 325 (153)	bill		enacted	Alonna Berry Cyndie Romer Eric Morrison Laura V. Sturgeon Mara Gorman Marie Pinkney Nicole Poore Russell Huxtable Trey Paradee	2	11	2	2026-03-12	2026-05-12	openstates	ocd-bill/18efe686-9311-49cb-a2b6-2c42242d4d66	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=142941	9b00ba4df0a895eee63955a351f4547dcf3000e43580dd0d6cf2c662d84704e5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 325 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES AND PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS.

This Act changes the title of “physician assistant” to “physician associate” in Title 24, as well as changes the references from physician assistant to physician associate throughout the Delaware Code. It does not change any rights or privileges of those who have been or continue to hold themselves out to be a “physician assistant.”

Version chain

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

1. HA 1 to HB 325 (committee substitute) — source
2. HA 2 to HB 325 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 20–1 (pass) · upper
• SM — 38–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Alonna Berry — primary (person)
• Cyndie Romer — primary (person)
• Eric Morrison — primary (person)
• Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
• Mara Gorman — primary (person)
• Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
• Nicole Poore — primary (person)
• Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
• Trey Paradee — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-03-12 Introduced and Assigned to Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability) Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2026-03-24 Reported Out of Committee (Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability)) in House with 3 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2026-03-26 Amendment HA 1 to HB 325 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2026-04-14 Amendment HA 1 to HB 325 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2026-04-14 Amendment HA 2 to HB 325 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2026-04-14 Amendment HA 2 to HB 325 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2026-04-14 Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 3 ABSENT passage
• 2026-04-14 Assigned to Legislative Oversight & Sunset Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2026-04-22 Reported Out of Committee (Legislative Oversight & Sunset) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-05-06 Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 NO passage
• 2026-05-12 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/18efe686-9311-49cb-a2b6-2c42242d4d66. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).