DE SB 226

enacted

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MEDICAL MARIJUANA.

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

Description

This Act provides that health care facilities must permit patients who have been issued and possess a valid registry identification card for the medical use of marijuana and have a terminal illness to use medical marijuana on the health care facilities’ premises, subject to certain restrictions. However, a health care facility may prohibit or suspend such use of medical marijuana under some circumstances, such as if the facility's medical professionals determine that use of medical marijuana may have an adverse impact on the medical care and treatment of the patient or is otherwise contraindicated, or if a federal regulatory agency, the United States Department of Justice, or the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services initiates an enforcement action against a health care facility based on the use of medical marijuana on the facility's premises or issues a rule or guidance prohibiting the use of medical marijuana at health care facilities. In addition, the Act provides that a person is not subject to civil or criminal liability or professional discipline for complying with the Act, except in cases of gross negligence, recklessness, or intentional misconduct. This Act is modeled on a 2021 California law known as "Ryan's Law."

Introduced: 2026-01-15
Status date: —
Latest action: 2026-05-21 — Signed by Governor
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

2026-01-15
Introduced and Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate
introduction,referral-committee
2026-03-10
Amendment SA 1 to SB 226 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
amendment-introduction
2026-03-11
Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 4 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2026-03-12
Amendment SA 1 to SB 226 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
amendment-passage
2026-03-12
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
passage
2026-03-17
Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House
introduction,referral-committee
2026-03-25
Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 3 Favorable, 6 On Its Merits
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2026-04-16
Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 3 ABSENT
passage
2026-05-21
Signed by Governor
executive-signature

Versions

SA 1 to SB 226Compare

Documents

Votes

SM
2026-03-12 · 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
SM
2026-04-16 · pass · 38-0
Member-level votes (41)
- Alonna Berry: yes
- 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: other
- 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: other
- 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: other
- Madinah Wilson-Anton: yes
- Lyndon D. Yearick: yes

Related bills

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Official source

https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=142779

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