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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMMEND TITLE 24 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE LICENSURE OF ART THERAPISTS."
description: "This bill amends Title 24 of the Delaware Code by changing the qualifications for a Professional Art Therapists. For those graduating with a master's degree prior to January 2013, a master's degree from an accredited educational institution in an art therapy program that was either approved by the American Art Therapy Association or accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs at the time the degree was conferred is required."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "149"
identifier: "SB 218"
citation: "Delaware SB 218 (149)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["F. Gary Simpson", "Helene M. Keeley", "Margaret Rose Henry"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-06-01"
last_action: "2018-09-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d3d4a89b-1ce4-40d7-868f-cab80a34cdd2"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26699"
source_hash: "4f2825697812e4b0c39ddfc2ab646f2e22d3c5897e870f860c6b98804d9a8e24"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
---
# Delaware SB 218 (149) — AN ACT TO AMMEND TITLE 24 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE LICENSURE OF ART THERAPISTS.
This bill amends Title 24 of the Delaware Code by changing the qualifications for a Professional Art Therapists. For those graduating with a master's degree prior to January 2013, a master's degree from an accredited educational institution in an art therapy program that was either approved by the American Art Therapy Association or accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs at the time the degree was conferred is required.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=26699&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB218)
## Votes
- SM — **410** (pass) · lower
- SM — **190** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- F. Gary Simpson — primary (person)
- Helene M. Keeley — primary (person)
- Margaret Rose Henry — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2018-06-01** Introduced and Assigned to Sunset Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-06-06** Reported Out of Committee (Sunset) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2018-06-07** Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT `passage`
- **2018-06-12** Assigned to Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability) Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-06-20** Reported Out of Committee (Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability)) in House with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2018-06-30** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
- **2018-09-04** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d3d4a89b-1ce4-40d7-868f-cab80a34cdd2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).