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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 12 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO FIDUCIARY ACCESS TO DIGITAL ASSETS AND DIGITAL ACCOUNTS."
+description: "Ohio recently adopted “Braden’s Law”, named after Braden Markus. Braden, a high school student, tragically took his own life after being coerced into sharing sensitive photographs online and then threatened with release of the photographs on social media if he did not pay money. Braden’s parents, Jenn and Jarod, endured months of anguish after being denied access to Braden’s personal cell phone records. In response, part of Braden’s Law requires courts to adjudicate a parent or legal guardian’s request for an order directing access to a deceased minor’s digital assets and digital accounts within 30 days."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
+legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
+session: "153"
+identifier: "SB 143"
+citation: "Delaware SB 143 (153)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Brian Pettyjohn", "Bryant L. Richardson", "Claire Snyder-Hall", "Daniel B. Short", "Dave G. Lawson", "David L. Wilson", "Edward S. Osienski", "Franklin D. Cooke", "Marie Pinkney", "Melanie Ross Levin", "Nicole Poore", "Spiros Mantzavinos", "Stell Parker Selby"]
+version_count: 0
+action_count: 7
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-05-13"
+last_action: "2025-09-19"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/192c8a79-9e76-40c0-89c6-9dc12dc269dd"
+source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=142277"
+source_hash: "c0e6da49d2e8bda0107a1656190a060e7499520855f7d5ad9d8265c337513512"
+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 143 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 12 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO FIDUCIARY ACCESS TO DIGITAL ASSETS AND DIGITAL ACCOUNTS.
+
+Ohio recently adopted “Braden’s Law”, named after Braden Markus. Braden, a high school student, tragically took his own life after being coerced into sharing sensitive photographs online and then threatened with release of the photographs on social media if he did not pay money. Braden’s parents, Jenn and Jarod, endured months of anguish after being denied access to Braden’s personal cell phone records. In response, part of Braden’s Law requires courts to adjudicate a parent or legal guardian’s request for an order directing access to a deceased minor’s digital assets and digital accounts within 30 days.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+
+## Votes
+
+- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower
+- SM — **19–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
+- Bryant L. Richardson — primary (person)
+- Claire Snyder-Hall — primary (person)
+- Daniel B. Short — primary (person)
+- Dave G. Lawson — primary (person)
+- David L. Wilson — primary (person)
+- Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
+- Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
+- Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
+- Melanie Ross Levin — primary (person)
+- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
+- Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
+- Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-05-13** Introduced and Assigned to Banking, Business, Insurance & Technology Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-21** Reported Out of Committee (Banking, Business, Insurance & Technology) in Senate with 6 Favorable `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-06-12** Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT `passage`
+- **2025-06-12** Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-17** 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`
+- **2025-09-19** 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/192c8a79-9e76-40c0-89c6-9dc12dc269dd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
+