Delaware · House Bill 173 · 153rd General Assembly

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

HB 173 Sponsored by Melissa Minor-Brown Withdrawn

  1. Introduced May 20, 2025
  2. In committee May 20, 2025
  3. Withdrawn  
  4. Passed the Senate  
  5. To the governor  
  6. Became law  

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

This Act requires health care employers to implement a smoke evacuation system for surgical procedures that generate surgical smoke.

Every action

8 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

  1. CommitteeIntroduced and Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House · House Health & Human Development
  2. HouseSubstituted in House by HS 1 for HB 173
  3. HouseHS 1 for HB 173 - Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 3 Favorable, 8 On Its Merits
  4. HouseHS 1 for HB 173 - Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 VACANT
  5. SenateHS 1 for HB 173 - Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate
  6. SenateHS 1 for HB 173 - Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits
  7. SenateHS 1 for HB 173 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
  8. HS 1 for HB 173 - Signed by Governor

Roll calls

No recorded votes on this bill yet.

Sponsors

The member who introduced it, joined by 4 cosponsors: 4 Democrats.

All 4 cosponsors

From Delaware's official records (legis.delaware.gov), checked Nov 1, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.