Delaware House Bill 140

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 17-0)
Status: Engrossed on April 18 2024 - 50% progression
Action: 2024-04-18 - Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate
Pending: Senate Executive Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

This Act permits a terminally ill individual who is an adult resident of Delaware to request and self-administer medication to end the individual's life in a humane and dignified manner if both the individual's attending physician or attending advanced practice registered nurse (APRN) and a consulting physician or consulting APRN agree on the individual's diagnosis and prognosis and believe the individual has decision-making capacity, is making an informed decision, and is acting voluntarily.

An Act To Amend Title 16 Of The Delaware Code Relating To End Of Life Options.

Rep. Paul Baumbach [D]	Sen. Bryan Townsend [D]	Rep. Eric Morrison [D]	Rep. Melissa Minor-Brown [D]
Sen. Kyra Hoffner [D]	Sen. Russ Huxtable [D]	Sen. Elizabeth Lockman [D]	Sen. Sarah McBride [D]
Sen. David Sokola [D]	Rep. Valerie Longhurst [D]	Rep. Krista Griffith [D]	Rep. DeShanna Neal [D]
Rep. Edward Osienski [D]	Rep. Sophie Phillips [D]	Rep. Cyndie Romer [D]	Rep. Peter Schwartzkopf [D]
Rep. Kimberly Williams [D]

2024-04-18 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 21 N: 16 NV: 0 Abs: 4) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-04-18		Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate
2024-04-18		Passed By House. Votes: 21 YES 16 NO 4 ABSENT
2024-04-18		Amendment HA 1 to HB 140 - Passed In House by Voice Vote
2024-04-18		Amendment HA 1 to HB 140 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
2023-05-16		Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 2 Favorable, 6 On Its Merits, 1 Unfavorable
2023-05-02		Introduced and Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=130281
Text	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=130281&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB140
Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#55470