Delaware House Bill 302 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-1)
Status: Passed on October 28 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-10-28 - Signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #2) [HTML]

According to the American Cancer Society, prostate cancer is the second-leading cause of death from cancer in men. It is estimated that about 1 in 41 men will die of prostate cancer. According to ZERO Prostate Cancer, Black men face serious health care disparities regarding prostate cancer. 1 in 6 Black men will develop prostate cancer in their lifetime compared to 1 in 8 men overall. Black men are also 1.7 times more likely to be diagnosed with, and 2.1 times more likely to die from, prostate cancer than white men.

An Act To Amend Title 18 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Prostate Cancer Screening.

Rep. Stephanie Bolden [D]	Sen. Kyra Hoffner [D]	Rep. William Bush [D]	Rep. Debra Heffernan [D]
Rep. Kendra Johnson [D]	Rep. Sean Lynn [D]	Rep. Eric Morrison [D]	Rep. Stell Parker Selby [D]
Rep. Kimberly Williams [D]	Rep. Madinah Wilson-Anton [D]	Rep. Franklin Cooke [D]	Rep. Edward Osienski [D]
Rep. Kerri Harris [D]	Sen. Russ Huxtable [D]	Sen. David Wilson [R]

2024-06-20 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 18 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2024-05-07 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 24 N: 3 NV: 8 Abs: 6) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-10-28		Signed by Governor
2024-06-20		Passed By Senate. Votes: 18 YES 3 ABSENT
2024-05-22		Reported Out of Committee (Banking, Business, Insurance & Technology) in Senate with 6 On Its Merits
2024-05-07		Assigned to Banking, Business, Insurance & Technology Committee in Senate
2024-05-07		Passed By House. Votes: 24 YES 3 NO 8 NOT VOTING 6 ABSENT
2024-04-11		was introduced and adopted in lieu of HB 302

Type	Source
Summary	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141173
Text	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=140939&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB302
Text	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=141173&legislationTypeId=6&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HS1forHB302
Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#55567
Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#56031