Delaware House Bill 373 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-1)
Status: Passed on August 3 2016 - 100% progression
Action: 2016-08-03 - Signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

This bill amends the definition of family to make spouses and couples gender neutral. This bill also permits the transfer of misdemeanor criminal jurisdiction in cases involving former spouses, persons cohabitating with or without a child in common, and persons living apart with a child in common from the Court of Common Pleas to Family Court. Currently, Family Court has civil jurisdiction to issue civil protective orders between former spouses, persons cohabitating with or without a child in common, and persons living apart with a child in common and this bill would add misdemeanor criminal jurisdiction for those relationships to Family Court.

An Act To Amend Title 10 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Family Court.

Rep. Stephanie Bolden [D]	Sen. Patricia Blevins [D]	Rep. Paul Baumbach [D]	Rep. Debra Heffernan [D]
Rep. Helene Keeley [D]	Rep. Sean Lynn [D]	Rep. Edward Osienski [D]	Rep. Charles Potter [D]
Rep. Melanie Smith [D]	Sen. Ernesto Lopez [R]	Sen. Karen Peterson [D]

2016-06-16 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 21 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-08-03	House	Signed by Governor
2016-06-16	Senate	Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 21 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2016-06-08	Senate	Reported Out of Committee (JUDICIARY) in Senate with 6 On Its Merits
2016-05-18	Senate	Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate
2016-05-17	House	Passed by House of Representatives. Votes: Passed 34 YES 5 NO 0 NOT VOTING 2 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2016-05-17	House	Amendment HA 2 - Passed in House by Voice Vote
2016-05-17	House	Amendment HA 1 - Stricken
2016-05-17	House	Amendment HA 2 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
2016-05-11	House	Reported Out of Committee (JUDICIARY) in House with 9 On Its Merits
2016-05-10	House	Amendment HA 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
2016-05-05	House	Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House

Type	Source
Summary	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis148.nsf/2bede841c6272c888025698400433a04/334fb55d123553e885257faa0054c673?OpenDocument
Text	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis148.nsf/vwLegislation/HB+373/$file/legis.html?open
Text	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis148.nsf/EngrossmentsforLookup/HB+373/$file/Engross.html?open
Roll Call	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis148.nsf/7712cf7cc0e9227a852568470077336f/43dd68a639d65a6585257fd40063ebd2?OpenDocument