republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/153/sb-156.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 6 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE MEDICAL DEBT PROTECTION ACT.	This Act is a substitute for Senate Bill No. 156. Like Senate Bill No. 156, this Substitute prohibits the reporting of medical debt to consumer reporting agencies and prohibits any medical debt from being included on a consumer report. Since 2023, at least 9 other states have passed laws that prohibit or restrict the reporting of medical debt on credit reports, including California, New Jersy, and Virginia. This Act differs from Senate Bill No. 156 in that it (1) adds language to the purpose section of the statute making it clear that the intent of the chapter is for medical debt not to be used in credit, employment, or housing decisions; (2) removes the proposed definition of medical debt information and instead adds a definition of medical debt; and (3) removes the proposed prohibition language on using a credit report containing medical debt information from being used when making decisions regarding someone’s credit, employment, or housing.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	153	SB 156	Delaware SB 156 (153)	bill		enacted	Brian Pettyjohn Bryan Townsend Bryant L. Richardson Claire Snyder-Hall David P. Sokola Edward S. Osienski Eric Morrison John "Jack" Walsh Josue O Ortega Marie Pinkney Melanie Ross Levin Ray Seigfried Russell Huxtable Spiros Mantzavinos Trey Paradee	3	18	3	2025-06-10	2025-07-29	openstates	ocd-bill/31f344ce-a1d2-450d-8511-425b07bc59ad	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=142487	082b88a455c1247588d0b9860513dadf3b819ff21e724459266ba9c532037503	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware SB 156 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 6 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE MEDICAL DEBT PROTECTION ACT.

This Act is a substitute for Senate Bill No. 156. Like Senate Bill No. 156, this Substitute prohibits the reporting of medical debt to consumer reporting agencies and prohibits any medical debt from being included on a consumer report. Since 2023, at least 9 other states have passed laws that prohibit or restrict the reporting of medical debt on credit reports, including California, New Jersy, and Virginia. This Act differs from Senate Bill No. 156 in that it (1) adds language to the purpose section of the statute making it clear that the intent of the chapter is for medical debt not to be used in credit, employment, or housing decisions; (2) removes the proposed definition of medical debt information and instead adds a definition of medical debt; and (3) removes the proposed prohibition language on using a credit report containing medical debt information from being used when making decisions regarding someone’s credit, employment, or housing.

Version chain

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

1. HA 1 to SS 1 for SB 156 (committee substitute) — source
2. SA 1 to SS 1 for SB 156 (committee substitute) — source
3. SA 2 to SS 1 for SB 156 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 20–0 (pass) · upper
• SM — 20–0 (pass) · upper
• SM — 39–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
• Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
• Bryant L. Richardson — primary (person)
• Claire Snyder-Hall — primary (person)
• David P. Sokola — primary (person)
• Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
• Eric Morrison — primary (person)
• John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
• Josue O Ortega — primary (person)
• Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
• Melanie Ross Levin — primary (person)
• Ray Seigfried — primary (person)
• Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
• Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
• Trey Paradee — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-06-10 Adopted in lieu of the original bill SB 156, and Assigned to Banking, Business, Insurance & Technology Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2025-06-12 Amendment SA 1 to SS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2025-06-12 Reported Out of Committee (Banking, Business, Insurance & Technology) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-06-17 Amendment SA 1 to SS 1 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT amendment-passage
• 2025-06-17 Amendment SA 2 to SS 1 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT amendment-passage
• 2025-06-17 Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2025-06-18 Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2025-06-25 Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce) in House with 2 Favorable, 6 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-06-26 Laid On Table in House
• 2025-06-30 Amendment HA 1 to SS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2025-06-30 Lifted From Table in House
• 2025-06-30 Amendment HA 1 to SS 1 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2025-06-30 Laid On Table in House
• 2025-06-30 Lifted From Table in House
• 2025-06-30 Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 1 ABSENT 1 VACANT passage
• 2025-06-30 Suspension of Rules in Senate
• 2025-06-30 Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2025-07-29 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/31f344ce-a1d2-450d-8511-425b07bc59ad. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).