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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 12 AND TITLE 13 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE INHERITANCE RIGHTS OF ISSUE AND POSTHUMOUS CHILDREN"
+description: "This Act clarifies the intestacy rights of child and parent by cross-referencing related provisions of Title 12 and Title 13 and adds a time limit for a child born of a deceased parent to be considered a child of that parent."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
+legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
+session: "153"
+identifier: "SB 123"
+citation: "Delaware SB 123 (153)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["John \"Jack\" Walsh", "Spiros Mantzavinos", "William Bush"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 9
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-05-01"
+last_action: "2025-08-21"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2b63cfbf-e3ab-439f-9e4e-1b5c8bfd896d"
+source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=142175"
+source_hash: "230dc8d06145f7327c83fed7c8c8849587c29f0ace46fcfe1a61a0cbfffd986b"
+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 123 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 12 AND TITLE 13 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE INHERITANCE RIGHTS OF ISSUE AND POSTHUMOUS CHILDREN
+
+This Act clarifies the intestacy rights of child and parent by cross-referencing related provisions of Title 12 and Title 13 and adds a time limit for a child born of a deceased parent to be considered a child of that parent.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **SA 1 to SB 123** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=142574&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
+
+## Votes
+
+- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower
+- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
+- Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
+- William Bush — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-05-01** Introduced and Assigned to Banking, Business, Insurance & Technology Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-17** Amendment SA 1 to SB 123 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
+- **2025-06-18** Reported Out of Committee (Banking, Business, Insurance & Technology) in Senate with 7 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
+- **2025-06-24** Amendment SA 1 to SB 123 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-06-24** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
+- **2025-06-25** Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-26** Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce) in House with 8 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
+- **2025-06-30** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 VACANT `passage`
+- **2025-08-21** 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/2b63cfbf-e3ab-439f-9e4e-1b5c8bfd896d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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