Delaware House Bill 285

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 18-1)
Status: Passed on May 28 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-05-28 - Signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

This Act amends the Delaware Medical Marijuana Act by removing the requirement that a patient have a debilitating medical condition to qualify for a registry identification card, instead allowing health-care providers to make the determination of whether a patient has a diagnosed medical condition for which the patient would receive therapeutic or palliative benefit from the use of medical marijuana. As a result, this Act removes the CBD-rich and compassionate use programs, which previously allowed for the use of marijuana for the treatment of conditions that otherwise did not qualify a patient for a registry identification card.

An Act To Amend Title 16 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Medical Marijuana.

Rep. Edward Osienski [D]	Rep. Kimberly Williams [D]	Rep. Debra Heffernan [D]	Sen. Kyra Hoffner [D]
Sen. Charles Paradee [D]	Sen. Laura Sturgeon [D]	Sen. Sarah McBride [D]	Rep. Paul Baumbach [D]
Rep. Stephanie Bolden [D]	Rep. William Bush [D]	Rep. Nnamdi Chukwuocha [D]	Rep. Kerri Harris [D]
Rep. Kendra Johnson [D]	Rep. Larry Lambert [D]	Rep. Eric Morrison [D]	Rep. DeShanna Neal [D]
Rep. Cyndie Romer [D]	Sen. Eric Buckson [R]	Sen. David Sokola [D]

2024-03-28 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 16 N: 5 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-01-25 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 26 N: 10 NV: 1 Abs: 4) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-05-28		Signed by Governor
2024-03-28		Passed By Senate. Votes: 16 YES 5 NO
2024-03-20		Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 4 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits
2024-01-25		Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate
2024-01-25		Passed By House. Votes: 26 YES 10 NO 1 NOT VOTING 4 ABSENT
2024-01-10		Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 6 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits
2023-12-14		Introduced and Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=140809
Text	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=140809&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB285
Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#55232
Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#55418