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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 10, 11, 18, 24, AND 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO HEALTHCARE SERVICES."
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description: "The purpose of this Act is to protect medical providers in the State from out-of-state lawsuits and investigations that threaten the practice of medicine in the State. To that end this Act does the following:"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "153"
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identifier: "HB 205"
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citation: "Delaware HB 205 (153)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bryan Townsend", "Claire Snyder-Hall", "Cyndie Romer", "Darius J. Brown", "David P. Sokola", "Edward S. Osienski", "Eric Morrison", "Josue O Ortega", "Mara Gorman", "Ray Seigfried", "Russell Huxtable", "Trey Paradee"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 11
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-06-05"
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last_action: "2025-07-21"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f4ffeb5b-3043-467a-a8c1-b8d85fdcbd06"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=142421"
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source_hash: "881c2bc75bdf8159a7340a217c27a8cd89ea3c617150a8d3e9cc57c3bcc43d59"
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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 205 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 10, 11, 18, 24, AND 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO HEALTHCARE SERVICES.
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The purpose of this Act is to protect medical providers in the State from out-of-state lawsuits and investigations that threaten the practice of medicine in the State. To that end this Act does the following:
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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. **HA 1 to HB 205** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=142475&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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2. **HA 2 to HB 205** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=142550&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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## Votes
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- SM — **29–11** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **15–6** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
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- Claire Snyder-Hall — primary (person)
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- Cyndie Romer — primary (person)
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- Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
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- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
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- Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
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- Eric Morrison — primary (person)
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- Josue O Ortega — primary (person)
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- Mara Gorman — primary (person)
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- Ray Seigfried — primary (person)
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- Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
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- Trey Paradee — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-06-05** Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2025-06-10** Amendment HA 1 to HB 205 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2025-06-11** Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 7 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2025-06-17** Amendment HA 2 to HB 205 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2025-06-17** Amendment HA 1 to HB 205 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-06-17** Amendment HA 2 to HB 205 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-06-17** Passed By House. Votes: 29 YES 11 NO 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2025-06-17** Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2025-06-25** Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-06-30** Passed By Senate. Votes: 15 YES 6 NO `passage`
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- **2025-07-21** 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/f4ffeb5b-3043-467a-a8c1-b8d85fdcbd06`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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