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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO VITAL STATISTICS."
+description: "This Act replaces the stillbirth certificate with a certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth, clarifies what documentation is required upon the occurrence of a stillbirth, and makes technical corrections to the Vital Statistics laws to accurately reflect current practices. This Act does not change the current reporting requirements regarding births or deaths."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
+legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
+session: "149"
+identifier: "SB 3"
+citation: "Delaware SB 3 (149)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["David Bentz", "John L. Mitchell", "Nicole Poore"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 7
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2017-06-06"
+last_action: "2017-08-09"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/27e19a28-5cdc-4905-823b-91b7863e70e0"
+source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25467"
+source_hash: "3d6a697a70dc367f6593f2b21e4303cb1e2f345c480d4a9ebf49969b49b5a0ae"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
+---
+
+# Delaware SB 3 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO VITAL STATISTICS.
+
+This Act replaces the stillbirth certificate with a certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth, clarifies what documentation is required upon the occurrence of a stillbirth, and makes technical corrections to the Vital Statistics laws to accurately reflect current practices. This Act does not change the current reporting requirements regarding births or deaths.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=25467&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB3)
+
+## Votes
+
+- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
+- SM — **41–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- David Bentz — primary (person)
+- John L. Mitchell — primary (person)
+- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
+- Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
+- Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
+- Daniel B. Short — cosponsor (person)
+- Deborah Hudson — cosponsor (person)
+- Gerald W. Hocker — cosponsor (person)
+- Helene M. Keeley — cosponsor (person)
+- John Walsh — cosponsor (person)
+- Joseph E. Miro — cosponsor (person)
+- Kimberly Williams — cosponsor (person)
+- Melanie George Smith — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-06-06** Introduced and Assigned to Health, Children & Social Services Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2017-06-07** Reported Out of Committee (Health, Children & Social Services) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
+- **2017-06-08** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
+- **2017-06-09** Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2017-06-21** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 8 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
+- **2017-06-30** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
+- **2017-08-09** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/27e19a28-5cdc-4905-823b-91b7863e70e0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
+