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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MEDICAL MARIJUANA."
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description: "This Act provides that health care facilities must permit patients who have been issued and possess a valid registry identification card for the medical use of marijuana and have a terminal illness to use medical marijuana on the health care facilities’ premises, subject to certain restrictions. However, a health care facility may prohibit or suspend such use of medical marijuana under some circumstances, such as if the facility's medical professionals determine that use of medical marijuana may have an adverse impact on the medical care and treatment of the patient or is otherwise contraindicated, or if a federal regulatory agency, the United States Department of Justice, or the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services initiates an enforcement action against a health care facility based on the use of medical marijuana on the facility's premises or issues a rule or guidance prohibiting the use of medical marijuana at health care facilities."
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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 226"
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citation: "Delaware SB 226 (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 P. Sokola", "Edward S. Osienski", "Eric Morrison", "Josue O Ortega", "Kerri Evelyn Harris", "Laura V. Sturgeon", "Marie Pinkney", "Melanie Ross Levin", "Nicole Poore", "Ray Seigfried", "Russell Huxtable", "Sarah McBride", "Trey Paradee"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 9
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2026-01-15"
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last_action: "2026-05-21"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/94a29939-aa76-4014-a9cf-e238353a4c89"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=142779"
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source_hash: "5b6c7371bd7f6ec6349d0dba1f5f608a5f91b92e2d6a65db76d52ce5947f3e80"
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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 226 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MEDICAL MARIJUANA.
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This Act provides that health care facilities must permit patients who have been issued and possess a valid registry identification card for the medical use of marijuana and have a terminal illness to use medical marijuana on the health care facilities’ premises, subject to certain restrictions. However, a health care facility may prohibit or suspend such use of medical marijuana under some circumstances, such as if the facility's medical professionals determine that use of medical marijuana may have an adverse impact on the medical care and treatment of the patient or is otherwise contraindicated, or if a federal regulatory agency, the United States Department of Justice, or the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services initiates an enforcement action against a health care facility based on the use of medical marijuana on the facility's premises or issues a rule or guidance prohibiting the use of medical marijuana at health care facilities.
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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. **SA 1 to SB 226** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=142921&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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## Votes
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- SM — **38–0** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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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 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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- Josue O Ortega — primary (person)
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- Kerri Evelyn Harris — 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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- Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
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- Sarah McBride — 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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- **2026-01-15** Introduced and Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-10** Amendment SA 1 to SB 226 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2026-03-11** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 4 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-12** Amendment SA 1 to SB 226 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `amendment-passage`
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- **2026-03-12** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2026-03-17** Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-25** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 3 Favorable, 6 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-04-16** Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 3 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2026-05-21** 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/94a29939-aa76-4014-a9cf-e238353a4c89`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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