Delaware House Bill 455 (Prior Session Legislation)

---

Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 21-0)
Status: Passed on June 29 2022 - 100% progression
Action: 2022-06-29 - Signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

Section 1 and 2. These sections defines reproductive health services for the Board of Medical Practice, the Board of Nursing, and Regulatory Council for Physician Assistants, and makes clear that physicians, physician assistants and nurses who perform, recommend, or provide reproductive health services, if such services are lawful in this State, do not engage in unprofessional conduct and cannot be disciplined for such services even if such services are illegal or considered to be unprofessional conduct or the unauthorized practice of medicine or nursing in another state. This section also authorizes the following to terminate pregnancy before viability: (1) A physician assistant with a collaborative agreement with an appropriately training physician; and (2) A certified nurse midwife or certified nurse practitioner who demonstrates knowledge and competency, including successful completion of a training or certification approved by the Board of Nursing.

An Act To Amend Titles 24, 10, 11, And 18 Relating To The Womens Reproductive Health.

Rep. Melissa Minor-Brown [D]	Sen. Kyle Gay [D]	Sen. Sarah McBride [D]	Sen. Marie Pinkney [D]
Sen. Laura Sturgeon [D]	Sen. Bryan Townsend [D]	Rep. Debra Heffernan [D]	Rep. Valerie Longhurst [D]
Rep. Kendra Johnson [D]	Rep. Krista Griffith [D]	Rep. Andria Bennett [D]	Rep. Paul Baumbach [D]
Rep. Eric Morrison [D]	Sen. Stephanie Hansen [D]	Sen. Charles Paradee [D]	Sen. David Sokola [D]
Rep. John Kowalko [D]	Rep. Larry Lambert [D]	Rep. John Mitchell [D]	Rep. Sherae'a Moore [D]
Rep. Edward Osienski [D]

2022-06-28 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 15 N: 6 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-06-14 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 24 N: 13 NV: 0 Abs: 4) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-06-29		Signed by Governor
2022-06-28		Passed By Senate. Votes: 15 YES 6 NO
2022-06-28		Lifted From Table in Senate
2022-06-23		Laid On Table in Senate
2022-06-21		Reported Out of Committee (Legislative Oversight & Sunset) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits, 1 Unfavorable
2022-06-15		Re-Assigned to Legislative Oversight & Sunset Committee in Senate
2022-06-14		Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate
2022-06-14		Passed By House. Votes: 24 YES 13 NO 4 ABSENT
2022-06-08		Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 8 Favorable
2022-06-02		Introduced and Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=109604
Text	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=109604&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB455
Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#53437
Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#53714