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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO NONDISCRIMINATION IN ACCESS TO ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION."
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description: "This Act takes steps to ensure that individuals with disabilities are not denied access to organ transplant procedures based solely on their disability. Historically, individuals with disabilities have sometimes been denied access to life-saving organ transplants based on assumptions that people with disabilities are less worthy of care, or assumptions that the lack support services and/or the ability to follow post-transplant treatment plans. This bill prohibits denying a person with a disability a referral, evaluation and recommendation for transplantation solely on the basis of a non-medically significant disability and notes that persons who have the necessary support system to comply with post-transplant medical requirements should not have the inability to independently comply with those requirements held against them. The Act does not require referrals, recommendations or performance of medically inappropriate organ transplants. It affirms the state's commitment to the elimination of discrimination on the basis of disability."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "149"
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identifier: "HB 21"
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citation: "Delaware HB 21 (149)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Debra Heffernan", "Harris B. McDowell", "Melanie George Smith", "Nicole Poore"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 11
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2017-01-05"
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last_action: "2017-09-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fa259d76-e50e-471c-b87d-c805a375a8b2"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25348"
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source_hash: "e414b1088ffb9eaa480906e7c58b762a96ca66f1f83e42d66fdd779077839968"
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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 21 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO NONDISCRIMINATION IN ACCESS TO ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION.
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This Act takes steps to ensure that individuals with disabilities are not denied access to organ transplant procedures based solely on their disability. Historically, individuals with disabilities have sometimes been denied access to life-saving organ transplants based on assumptions that people with disabilities are less worthy of care, or assumptions that the lack support services and/or the ability to follow post-transplant treatment plans. This bill prohibits denying a person with a disability a referral, evaluation and recommendation for transplantation solely on the basis of a non-medically significant disability and notes that persons who have the necessary support system to comply with post-transplant medical requirements should not have the inability to independently comply with those requirements held against them. The Act does not require referrals, recommendations or performance of medically inappropriate organ transplants. It affirms the state's commitment to the elimination of discrimination on the basis of disability.
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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. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=25348&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB21)
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## Votes
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- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **38–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Debra Heffernan — primary (person)
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- Harris B. McDowell — primary (person)
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- Melanie George Smith — primary (person)
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- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
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- Daniel B. Short — cosponsor (person)
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- David Bentz — cosponsor (person)
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- David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
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- Deborah Hudson — cosponsor (person)
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- John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
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- John J. Viola — cosponsor (person)
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- John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
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- Kevin S Hensley — cosponsor (person)
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- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-01-05** Introduced and Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-18** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 4 Favorable, 9 On Its Merits `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2017-01-19** Amendment HA 1 to HB 21 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2017-03-28** Amendment HA 2 to HB 21 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2017-03-28** Amendment HA 1 to HB 21 - Stricken in House
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- **2017-03-28** Amendment HA 2 to HB 21 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2017-03-28** Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 2 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2017-03-28** Assigned to Health, Children & Social Services Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2017-04-05** Reported Out of Committee (Health, Children & Social Services) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2017-06-07** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2017-09-13** 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/fa259d76-e50e-471c-b87d-c805a375a8b2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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