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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE FALSIFICATION OF BUSINESS RECORDS."
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description: "This Bill expands the offense of falsifying business records by including the act of altering or modifying and creating false medical records. Currently, no specific statute exists to prevent a person from falsely creating, altering, or modifying a medical record. Expanding the offense of falsifying business records to include medical records will be a useful tool for combating healthcare provider fraud, protecting patients, and assisting patients in ensuring the integrity of their medical records."
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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 369"
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citation: "Delaware HB 369 (149)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Edward S. Osienski", "John Walsh"]
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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: "2018-04-12"
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last_action: "2018-06-27"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1f7b2221-aa45-45b9-b421-88eb22cd9977"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26485"
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source_hash: "08763a5b66a9025dd6222446b5db86784ff4605637d423517cdb45910b9597bd"
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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 369 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE FALSIFICATION OF BUSINESS RECORDS.
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This Bill expands the offense of falsifying business records by including the act of altering or modifying and creating false medical records. Currently, no specific statute exists to prevent a person from falsely creating, altering, or modifying a medical record. Expanding the offense of falsifying business records to include medical records will be a useful tool for combating healthcare provider fraud, protecting patients, and assisting patients in ensuring the integrity of their medical records.
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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=26485&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB369)
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## Votes
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- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **19–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
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- John Walsh — primary (person)
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- Brian J. Bushweller — cosponsor (person)
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- Charles Potter Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Dave G. Lawson — cosponsor (person)
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- Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
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- Helene M. Keeley — cosponsor (person)
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- John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
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- John J. Viola — cosponsor (person)
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- Margaret Rose Henry — cosponsor (person)
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- Michael Ramone — cosponsor (person)
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- Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
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- Stephen Smyk — cosponsor (person)
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- Trey Charles Paradee — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-04-12** Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2018-04-18** Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 2 Favorable, 8 On Its Merits `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2018-04-25** Amendment HA 1 to HB 369 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2018-04-26** Amendment HA 1 to HB 369 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2018-04-26** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2018-04-29** Assigned to Judicial & Community Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2018-05-09** Reported Out of Committee (Judicial & Community Affairs) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2018-06-13** Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2018-06-27** 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/1f7b2221-aa45-45b9-b421-88eb22cd9977`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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