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Delaware · 153rd General Assembly (2025-2026) · Bill

SB 156: AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 6 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE MEDICAL DEBT PROTECTION ACT.

Enacted Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 156 is a bill introduced in the Delaware Senate on June 10, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 6 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE MEDICAL DEBT PROTECTION ACT. Primary sponsor: Spiros Mantzavinos (Democratic), Bryan Townsend (Democratic), Kim Williams (Democratic), Melissa Minor-Brown (Democratic). It lists 13 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (July 29, 2025): Signed by Governor.

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Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

This Act is a substitute for Senate Bill No. 156. Like Senate Bill No. 156, this Substitute prohibits the reporting of medical debt to consumer reporting agencies and prohibits any medical debt from being included on a consumer report. Since 2023, at least 9 other states have passed laws that prohibit or restrict the reporting of medical debt on credit reports, including California, New Jersy, and Virginia. This Act differs from Senate Bill No. 156 in that it (1) adds language to the purpose section of the statute making it clear that the intent of the chapter is for medical debt not to be used in credit, employment, or housing decisions; (2) removes the proposed definition of medical debt information and instead adds a definition of medical debt; and (3) removes the proposed prohibition language on using a credit report containing medical debt information from being used when making decisions regarding someone’s credit, employment, or housing.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 17

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Spiros MantzavinosPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate7
Bryan TownsendPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate11
Kim WilliamsPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse19
Melissa Minor-BrownPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse17
Frank BurnsCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse21
Stephanie HansenCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate10
Kyra HoffnerCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate14
Russ HuxtableCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate6
Kendra JohnsonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse5
Larry LambertCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse7
Tizzy LockmanCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate3
Eric MorrisonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse27
Ed OsienskiCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse24
Marie PinkneyCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate13
Claire Snyder-HallCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse14
Dave SokolaCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate8
Jack WalshCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate9

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Signed by Governor
  2. Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT
  3. Suspension of Rules in Senate
  4. Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 1 ABSENT 1 VACANT
  5. Lifted From Table in House
  6. Laid On Table in House
  7. Amendment HA 1 to SS 1 - Passed In House by Voice Vote
  8. Lifted From Table in House
  9. Amendment HA 1 to SS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
  10. Laid On Table in House
  11. Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce) in House with 2 Favorable, 6 On Its Merits
  12. Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee in House

Showing 12 most recent of 18 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source