Melissa Minor-Brown
House Majority Whip
District 17

Rep. Melissa Minor- Brown is passionate for advocating and empowering her community.
Rep. Minor-Brown answered her calling to serve over a decade ago. She Graduated Cum Laude of her class in both the Practical Nursing and Registered Nursing degree program at Delaware Technical and Community College (DTCC) and launched her nursing career at the Department of Veterans Affairs VA Hospital in Elsmere Delaware.
Rep. Minor-Brown went on to achieve both her bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Nursing Science Executive Leadership at Wilmington University. After 7 years of service at the VA Hospital, Rep. Minor-Brown turned her attention to where the need was greatest, the community. Taking on responsibilities working with Assertive Community Treatment Teams, before reaching down to serve the less fortunate as a statewide nursing educator for the Department of Corrections.
Professional, devoted wife and mother of a teenager daughter and a preschooler, Rep. Minor-Brown remains committed to her community of New Castle Delaware.
Rep. Minor-Brown was recently recognized as a Delaware Top Nurse Honorable Mention in the May 2018 issue of Delaware Today Magazine.
Legislative Service:
House, 2018 - Present
Committees:
Administration, Vice-Chair
Rules, Vice Chair
Ethics, Vice Chair
Health & Human Development, Chair
Veterans Affairs, Member
Legislative Highlights
House Bill 404 with House Amendment 2
The Delaware Fair Chance Licensing Act provides that it is the policy of this State to allow entry to professions and occupations with licensing requirements for individuals with a criminal history to the maximum extent consistent with public safety. To […]
House Bill 419 with House Amendment 1
Citing the increasing number of false confessions recorded by the National Registry of Exonerations and recent science around adolescent brain development, several states across the nation have passed legislation to ban the use of deceptive interrogation techniques on juveniles. Deceptive […]
House Bill 455
Section 1 and 2. These sections defines “reproductive health services” for the Board of Medical Practice, the Board of Nursing, and Regulatory Council for Physician Assistants, and makes clear that physicians, physician assistants and nurses who perform, recommend, or provide […]