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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 6, TITLE 11, TITLE 18, TITLE 19, AND TITLE 25 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DEFINITION OF SEXUAL ORIENTATION."
+description: "This Act updates the definition of \"sexual orientation\" throughout the Delaware Code by adding asexuality and pansexuality. Asexuality refers to individuals with little to no sexual attraction to other individuals, although asexual individuals may desire emotionally intimate relationships with other individuals. Pansexuality refers to individuals who are attracted sexually or romantically, or both, to another individual regardless of that individual's sex or gender identity."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
+legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
+session: "152"
+identifier: "HB 275"
+citation: "Delaware HB 275 (152)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Cyndie Romer", "David L. Wilson", "Edward S. Osienski", "Eric Morrison", "Kendra Johnson", "Kerri Evelyn Harris", "Laura V. Sturgeon", "Madinah Wilson-Anton", "Marie Pinkney", "Paul S. Baumbach", "Peter C. Schwartzkopf", "Russell Huxtable", "Sarah McBride", "Sean M. Lynn", "Spiros Mantzavinos", "Stell Parker Selby", "Trey Paradee", "William Bush"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 7
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-12-14"
+last_action: "2024-11-02"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/71e4931b-37ed-4a3a-8d0e-1ce8351fd1c4"
+source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=140802"
+source_hash: "f5421698996089022b8636ff4a519d595a1f032ee7adfb482bb35887a26d89a0"
+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 HB 275 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 6, TITLE 11, TITLE 18, TITLE 19, AND TITLE 25 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DEFINITION OF SEXUAL ORIENTATION.
+
+This Act updates the definition of "sexual orientation" throughout the Delaware Code by adding asexuality and pansexuality. Asexuality refers to individuals with little to no sexual attraction to other individuals, although asexual individuals may desire emotionally intimate relationships with other individuals. Pansexuality refers to individuals who are attracted sexually or romantically, or both, to another individual regardless of that individual's sex or gender identity.
+
+## 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=140802&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB275)
+
+## Votes
+
+- SM — **14–7** (pass) · upper
+- SM — **21–15** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Cyndie Romer — primary (person)
+- David L. Wilson — primary (person)
+- Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
+- Eric Morrison — primary (person)
+- Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
+- Kerri Evelyn Harris — primary (person)
+- Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
+- Madinah Wilson-Anton — primary (person)
+- Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
+- Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
+- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
+- Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
+- Sarah McBride — primary (person)
+- Sean M. Lynn — primary (person)
+- Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
+- Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)
+- Trey Paradee — primary (person)
+- William Bush — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-12-14** Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2024-03-13** Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
+- **2024-03-28** Passed By House. Votes: 21 YES 15 NO 5 ABSENT `passage`
+- **2024-03-28** Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2024-05-22** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
+- **2024-06-27** Passed By Senate. Votes: 14 YES 7 NO `passage`
+- **2024-11-02** 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/71e4931b-37ed-4a3a-8d0e-1ce8351fd1c4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
+