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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES AND PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS."
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description: "This Act changes the title of “physician assistant” to “physician associate” in Title 24, as well as changes the references from physician assistant to physician associate throughout the Delaware Code. It does not change any rights or privileges of those who have been or continue to hold themselves out to be a “physician assistant.”"
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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 325"
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citation: "Delaware HB 325 (153)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Alonna Berry", "Cyndie Romer", "Eric Morrison", "Laura V. Sturgeon", "Mara Gorman", "Marie Pinkney", "Nicole Poore", "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: "2026-03-12"
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last_action: "2026-05-12"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/18efe686-9311-49cb-a2b6-2c42242d4d66"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=142941"
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source_hash: "9b00ba4df0a895eee63955a351f4547dcf3000e43580dd0d6cf2c662d84704e5"
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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 325 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES AND PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS.
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This Act changes the title of “physician assistant” to “physician associate” in Title 24, as well as changes the references from physician assistant to physician associate throughout the Delaware Code. It does not change any rights or privileges of those who have been or continue to hold themselves out to be a “physician assistant.”
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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 325** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=143013&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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2. **HA 2 to HB 325** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=143083&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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## Votes
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- SM — **20–1** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **38–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Alonna Berry — primary (person)
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- Cyndie Romer — primary (person)
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- Eric Morrison — primary (person)
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- Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
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- Mara Gorman — primary (person)
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- Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
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- Nicole Poore — 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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- **2026-03-12** Introduced and Assigned to Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability) Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-24** Reported Out of Committee (Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability)) in House with 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2026-03-26** Amendment HA 1 to HB 325 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2026-04-14** Amendment HA 1 to HB 325 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2026-04-14** Amendment HA 2 to HB 325 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2026-04-14** Amendment HA 2 to HB 325 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2026-04-14** Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 3 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2026-04-14** Assigned to Legislative Oversight & Sunset Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2026-04-22** Reported Out of Committee (Legislative Oversight & Sunset) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-05-06** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 NO `passage`
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- **2026-05-12** 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/18efe686-9311-49cb-a2b6-2c42242d4d66`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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