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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 13 AND TITLE 31 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO GUARDIANSHIP OF A CHILD."
+description: "This Act amends Chapter 23, Title 13 relating to guardianship and permanent guardianship of a child. The Act does all of the following:"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
+legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
+session: "152"
+identifier: "SB 119"
+citation: "Delaware SB 119 (152)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Kyle Evans Gay", "Nicole Poore", "Peter C. Schwartzkopf"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 8
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-05-10"
+last_action: "2023-07-31"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/96e0a666-fe2b-40e2-a19b-e9ea17095633"
+source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=130353"
+source_hash: "bc819d51afa1f2f2e70618994cae547939d2a3e734b94b49c053572cc54eb72a"
+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 119 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 13 AND TITLE 31 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO GUARDIANSHIP OF A CHILD.
+
+This Act amends Chapter 23, Title 13 relating to guardianship and permanent guardianship of a child. The Act does all of the following:
+
+## 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=130353&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB119)
+
+## Votes
+
+- SM — **41–0** (pass) · lower
+- 2/3 — **21–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Kyle Evans Gay — primary (person)
+- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
+- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-05-10** Introduced and Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2023-05-11** Re-Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2023-05-17** Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-06-08** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
+- **2023-06-08** Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2023-06-14** Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 7 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
+- **2023-06-30** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
+- **2023-07-31** 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/96e0a666-fe2b-40e2-a19b-e9ea17095633`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
+