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DE HB 173

enacted

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SURGICAL SMOKE.

Delaware · 2025-2026 Regular Session (153rd General Assembly) · lower

Description

This Act requires health care employers to implement a smoke evacuation system for surgical procedures that generate surgical smoke. This Substitute for House Bill No. 173 clarifies that the Division of Health Care Quality is responsible for enforcement of this chapter.

Introduced
2025-06-24
Status date
Latest action
2025-08-25 — Signed by Governor
Bill type
bill
Last updated

Sponsors

  • Bryan Townsendprimary
  • Spiros Mantzavinosprimary
  • Sarah McBrideprimary
  • Edward S. Osienskiprimary
  • Marie Pinkneyprimary
  • Melissa Minor-Brownprimary

Committees

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Action timeline

  1. 2025-06-24

    Adopted in lieu of the original bill HB 173, and Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House

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  2. 2025-06-24

    Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 3 Favorable, 8 On Its Merits

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  3. 2025-06-26

    Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 VACANT

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  4. 2025-06-26

    Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate

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  5. 2025-06-30

    Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits

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  6. 2025-06-30

    Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES

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  7. 2025-08-25

    Signed by Governor

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Versions

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Documents

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Votes

  • SM

    2025-06-26 · pass · 40-0

    Member-level votes (40)
    • Stephanie T. Bolden: yes
    • Frank Burns: yes
    • William Bush: yes
    • William J. Carson: yes
    • Nnamdi O. Chukwuocha: yes
    • Richard G. Collins: yes
    • Franklin D. Cooke: yes
    • Daniel B. Short: yes
    • Timothy D. Dukes: yes
    • Mara Gorman: yes
    • Ronald E. Gray: yes
    • Krista Griffith: yes
    • Kerri Evelyn Harris: yes
    • Debra Heffernan: yes
    • Kevin S Hensley: yes
    • Jeff Hilovsky: yes
    • Valerie Jones Giltner: yes
    • Kendra Johnson: yes
    • Kimberly Williams: yes
    • Kamela T Smith: yes
    • Larry Lambert: yes
    • Sean M. Lynn: yes
    • Michael F. Smith: yes
    • Melissa Minor-Brown: yes
    • Shannon Morris: yes
    • Eric Morrison: yes
    • DeShanna U Neal: yes
    • Josue O Ortega: yes
    • Edward S. Osienski: yes
    • Sophie Phillips: yes
    • Charles S Postles Jr.: yes
    • Cyndie Romer: yes
    • Melanie Ross Levin: yes
    • Sherae'a Moore: yes
    • Bryan W. Shupe: yes
    • Claire Snyder-Hall: yes
    • Jeffrey N. Spiegelman: yes
    • Jesse R. Vanderwende: yes
    • Madinah Wilson-Anton: yes
    • Lyndon D. Yearick: yes
  • 2/3

    2025-06-30 · pass · 21-0

    Member-level votes (21)
    • Darius J. Brown: yes
    • Eric Buckson: yes
    • Daniel Cruce: yes
    • Stephanie L. Hansen: yes
    • Gerald W. Hocker: yes
    • Kyra L. Hoffner: yes
    • Russell Huxtable: yes
    • Dave G. Lawson: yes
    • S. Elizabeth Lockman: yes
    • Spiros Mantzavinos: yes
    • Trey Paradee: yes
    • Brian Pettyjohn: yes
    • Marie Pinkney: yes
    • Nicole Poore: yes
    • Bryant L. Richardson: yes
    • Ray Seigfried: yes
    • David P. Sokola: yes
    • Laura V. Sturgeon: yes
    • Bryan Townsend: yes
    • John "Jack" Walsh: yes
    • David L. Wilson: yes

Related bills

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