Delaware Senate Bill 94 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Passed on July 30 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-07-30 - Signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

Section 1 of this Act amends Section 903 of Title 13 of the Delaware Code. Substantively, this Act allows persons who are not married but who are cohabitating to jointly adopt a child that is not theirs. The Act also rewrites the statute so as to be more clearly understandable. Section 2 of this Act amends Section 951 of Title 13 of the Delaware Code. It allows persons who are not married but who are cohabitating to jointly adopt a child that is not theirs. The Act also changes the phrase "husband and wife" to "married couple."

An Act To Amend Title 13 Of The Delaware Code Related To Adoption.

Sen. Bryan Townsend [D]	Rep. Sherry Dorsey Walker [D]	Sen. Catherine Cloutier [R]	Sen. Anthony Delcollo [R]
Sen. Stephanie Hansen [D]	Sen. Elizabeth Lockman [D]	Sen. Ernesto Lopez [R]	Sen. Harris McDowell [D]
Sen. Charles Paradee [D]	Sen. Brian Pettyjohn [R]	Sen. Bryant Richardson [R]	Sen. David Sokola [D]
Sen. David Wilson [R]	Rep. Paul Baumbach [D]	Rep. Krista Griffith [D]	Rep. John Kowalko [D]
Rep. Michael Smith [R]

2019-06-30 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 37 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-05-16 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 20 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-07-30		Signed by Governor
2019-06-30		Passed By House. Votes: 37 YES 4 NO
2019-06-05		Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 8 On Its Merits
2019-05-30		Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House
2019-05-16		Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 NO
2019-05-15		Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 4 Favorable
2019-05-09		Introduced and Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate

Type	Source
Summary	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=47461
Text	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=47461&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB94
Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#40749
Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#41272