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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 4 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MARIJUANA CONVERSION LICENSES."
description: "This Act creates a temporary conversion license for existing medical marijuana compassion centers to operate for recreational marijuana purposes, and sets forth requirements to obtain a conversion license and to operate under such a license. This Act also specifies that conversion licenses may not be issued after November 1, 2024 and expire after 48 months, at which time the license may be renewed as an open license."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "152"
identifier: "HB 408"
citation: "Delaware HB 408 (152)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Edward S. Osienski", "Peter C. Schwartzkopf", "Sarah McBride", "Trey Paradee"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 10
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-05-16"
last_action: "2024-07-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7eeb65a3-00a6-4e50-b866-8b613394ef6b"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141410"
source_hash: "d4de2422ccf9f612119ead960c332e82b3b5d78ee7e218153da0d92a2d1f0be0"
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 HB 408 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 4 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MARIJUANA CONVERSION LICENSES.
This Act creates a temporary conversion license for existing medical marijuana compassion centers to operate for recreational marijuana purposes, and sets forth requirements to obtain a conversion license and to operate under such a license. This Act also specifies that conversion licenses may not be issued after November 1, 2024 and expire after 48 months, at which time the license may be renewed as an open license.
## 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=141410&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB408)
2. **HA 1 to HB 408** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=141591&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
3. **HA 2 to HB 408** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=141607&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
## Votes
- 3/5 — **165** (pass) · upper
- 3/5 — **2911** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
- Sarah McBride — primary (person)
- Trey Paradee — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-05-16** Introduced and Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-23** Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce) in House with 7 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2024-06-18** Amendment HA 2 to HB 408 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-06-18** Amendment HA 1 to HB 408 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2024-06-18** Amendment HA 2 to HB 408 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2024-06-18** Passed By House. Votes: 29 YES 11 NO 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2024-06-18** Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-26** Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-27** Passed By Senate. Votes: 16 YES 5 NO `passage`
- **2024-07-17** 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/7eeb65a3-00a6-4e50-b866-8b613394ef6b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).