republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/152/sjr-6.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "DIRECTING CERTAIN PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE BOARDS TO REVIEW AND REVISE APPLICATIONS FOR COMPLIANCE WITH THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT AND DIRECTING THE LICENSURE BOARDS AND THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE TO PROVIDE REPORTS."
description: "This resolution directs health care professional licensure boards to review their existing professional licensure application language to revise or remove all intrusive and stigmatizing language around mental health care and treatment and replace it with language that meets the threshold requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (Pub. L. 101-336. 26 July 1990), by focusing on present functional impairment and the ability to perform the essential requirements of the applicant’s profession with or without a reasonable accommodation. This resolution builds on the progress that the State of Delaware made in removing structural barriers to clinicians seeking mental health and wellbeing treatment through the enactment of Senate Bill 300 in 2022. The resolution also directs each licensure board and the Division of Professional Regulation to submit a report to the General Assembly by February 28, 2025 regarding the boards' review of their applications and certifying that the applications comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "152"
identifier: "SJR 6"
citation: "Delaware SJR 6 (152)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eric Morrison", "Franklin D. Cooke", "John \"Jack\" Walsh", "Kerri Evelyn Harris", "Marie Pinkney", "Nicole Poore", "Paul S. Baumbach", "Peter C. Schwartzkopf", "Russell Huxtable", "Sarah McBride", "Sean Matthews", "Stell Parker Selby", "Valerie Longhurst"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-03-07"
last_action: "2024-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/812e5ee5-0933-47f0-aeb6-f25bfa36f552"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141014"
source_hash: "7a0d98b750adbc61fe41d7bb6fe46a00c4ce20ec9f109639a5a3d7429a7db15e"
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 SJR 6 (152) — DIRECTING CERTAIN PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE BOARDS TO REVIEW AND REVISE APPLICATIONS FOR COMPLIANCE WITH THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT AND DIRECTING THE LICENSURE BOARDS AND THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE TO PROVIDE REPORTS.

This resolution directs health care professional licensure boards to review their existing professional licensure application language to revise or remove all intrusive and stigmatizing language around mental health care and treatment and replace it with language that meets the threshold requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (Pub. L. 101-336. 26 July 1990), by focusing on present functional impairment and the ability to perform the essential requirements of the applicant’s profession with or without a reasonable accommodation. This resolution builds on the progress that the State of Delaware made in removing structural barriers to clinicians seeking mental health and wellbeing treatment through the enactment of Senate Bill 300 in 2022. The resolution also directs each licensure board and the Division of Professional Regulation to submit a report to the General Assembly by February 28, 2025 regarding the boards' review of their applications and certifying that the applications comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act.

## 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=141014&legislationTypeId=4&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SJR6)
2. **HA 1 to SJR 6** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=141686&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)

## Votes

- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- SM — **41–0** (pass) · lower
- SM — **19–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Eric Morrison — primary (person)
- Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
- John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
- Kerri Evelyn Harris — primary (person)
- Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
- Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
- Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
- Sarah McBride — primary (person)
- Sean Matthews — primary (person)
- Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)
- Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2024-03-07** Introduced and Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-27** Re-Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-17** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-22** Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT `passage`
- **2024-05-23** Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-20** Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2024-06-27** Amendment HA 1 to SJR 6 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-06-27** Amendment HA 1 to SJR 6 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2024-06-27** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
- **2024-06-30** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2024-09-30** 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/812e5ee5-0933-47f0-aeb6-f25bfa36f552`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).