DE HB 173
enactedAN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SURGICAL SMOKE.
Delaware · 2025-2026 Regular Session (153rd General Assembly) · lower
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Quick answers
Did DE HB 173 pass?
Yes. DE HB 173 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-08-25): Signed by Governor
What is DE HB 173 about?
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.
Who sponsors DE HB 173?
Bryan Townsend, Spiros Mantzavinos, Sarah McBride and 3 others are the primary sponsors of DE HB 173.
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
- Latest action
- 2025-08-25 — Signed by Governor
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Sponsors
- Bryan Townsendprimary
- Spiros Mantzavinosprimary
- Sarah McBrideprimary
- Edward S. Osienskiprimary
- Marie Pinkneyprimary
- Melissa Minor-Brownprimary
Committees
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Action timeline
Newest first
2025-08-25
Signed by Governor
executive-signature
2025-06-30
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
passage
2025-06-30
Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2025-06-26
Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate
introduction,referral-committee
2025-06-26
Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 VACANT
passage
2025-06-24
Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 3 Favorable, 8 On Its Merits
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2025-06-24
Adopted in lieu of the original bill HB 173, and Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House
introduction,referral-committee
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
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