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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 24 OF THE DELAWARE CODE CREATING A PSYCHOLOGY INTERJURISDICTIONAL COMPACT."
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description: "This Act, the Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact (PSYPACT), is an interstate compact designed to facilitate the practice of telepsychology and the temporary in-person, face-to-face practice of psychology across state boundaries. PSYPACT has become operational as at least seven states have enacted PSYPACT legislation. Through PSYPACT, licensed psychologists are able to apply for and use Association of State and Provincial Psychology Boards (ASPPB) certificates, which include the E.Passport to practice telepsychology and the Interjurisdictional Practice Certificate (IPC) to conduct temporary in-person, face-to-face practice in PSYPACT states."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "150"
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identifier: "HB 172"
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citation: "Delaware HB 172 (150)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["David Bentz", "Stephanie L. Hansen"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 7
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2019-06-03"
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last_action: "2019-06-27"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fbe03ce8-6c95-465b-9c7b-a98b75dfd347"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=47570"
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source_hash: "ef20600475f523929e8c682913e723ab1ac031164e8b9d30547cb0c7c8d6e385"
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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 172 (150) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 24 OF THE DELAWARE CODE CREATING A PSYCHOLOGY INTERJURISDICTIONAL COMPACT.
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This Act, the Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact (PSYPACT), is an interstate compact designed to facilitate the practice of telepsychology and the temporary in-person, face-to-face practice of psychology across state boundaries. PSYPACT has become operational as at least seven states have enacted PSYPACT legislation. Through PSYPACT, licensed psychologists are able to apply for and use Association of State and Provincial Psychology Boards (ASPPB) certificates, which include the E.Passport to practice telepsychology and the Interjurisdictional Practice Certificate (IPC) to conduct temporary in-person, face-to-face practice in PSYPACT states.
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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=47570&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB172)
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## Votes
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- SM — **19–0** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- David Bentz — primary (person)
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- Stephanie L. Hansen — primary (person)
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- Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
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- Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
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- Darius J. Brown — cosponsor (person)
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- Debra Heffernan — cosponsor (person)
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- Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
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- Jeffrey N. Spiegelman — cosponsor (person)
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- Kendra Johnson — cosponsor (person)
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- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
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- Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
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- Trey 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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- **2019-06-03** Introduced and Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2019-06-05** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 11 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2019-06-11** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2019-06-11** Assigned to Sunset Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2019-06-19** Reported Out of Committee (Sunset) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2019-06-20** Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2019-06-27** 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/fbe03ce8-6c95-465b-9c7b-a98b75dfd347`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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