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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 6 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE MEDICAL DEBT PROTECTION ACT."
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description: "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."
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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: "SB 156"
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citation: "Delaware SB 156 (153)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["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"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 18
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2025-06-10"
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last_action: "2025-07-29"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/31f344ce-a1d2-450d-8511-425b07bc59ad"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=142487"
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source_hash: "082b88a455c1247588d0b9860513dadf3b819ff21e724459266ba9c532037503"
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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 SB 156 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 6 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE MEDICAL DEBT PROTECTION ACT.
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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.
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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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1. **HA 1 to SS 1 for SB 156** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=142658&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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2. **SA 1 to SS 1 for SB 156** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=142516&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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3. **SA 2 to SS 1 for SB 156** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=142560&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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## Votes
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- SM — **20–0** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **20–0** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **39–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
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- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
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- Bryant L. Richardson — primary (person)
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- Claire Snyder-Hall — primary (person)
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- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
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- Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
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- Eric Morrison — primary (person)
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- John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
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- Josue O Ortega — primary (person)
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- Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
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- Melanie Ross Levin — primary (person)
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- Ray Seigfried — primary (person)
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- Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
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- Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
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- Trey Paradee — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-06-10** Adopted in lieu of the original bill SB 156, and Assigned to Banking, Business, Insurance & Technology Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2025-06-12** Amendment SA 1 to SS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **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`
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- **2025-06-17** Amendment SA 1 to SS 1 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-06-17** Amendment SA 2 to SS 1 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-06-17** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2025-06-18** Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **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`
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- **2025-06-26** Laid On Table in House
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- **2025-06-30** Amendment HA 1 to SS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2025-06-30** Lifted From Table in House
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- **2025-06-30** Amendment HA 1 to SS 1 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-06-30** Laid On Table in House
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- **2025-06-30** Lifted From Table in House
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- **2025-06-30** Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 1 ABSENT 1 VACANT `passage`
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- **2025-06-30** Suspension of Rules in Senate
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- **2025-06-30** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2025-07-29** 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/31f344ce-a1d2-450d-8511-425b07bc59ad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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