---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 13 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MARRIAGE OF MINORS."
description: "This Act prohibits marriage of individuals under 18 years of age."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "149"
identifier: "HB 337"
citation: "Delaware HB 337 (149)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anthony Delcollo", "Bryan Townsend", "Kimberly Williams"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-03-13"
last_action: "2018-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7eb3c344-cc74-4763-8711-d3c7b0b1f1b6"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26363"
source_hash: "60f8d544d2f5c270a98d93c3e1c160c57a6cc56e99fa5afe8d0a673c08272eae"
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 337 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 13 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MARRIAGE OF MINORS.

This Act prohibits marriage of individuals under 18 years of age.

## 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=26363&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB337)

## Votes

- SM — **23–11** (pass) · lower
- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Anthony Delcollo — primary (person)
- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
- Kimberly Williams — primary (person)
- Debra Heffernan — cosponsor (person)
- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-03-13** Introduced and Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-04-18** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 9 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-19** Passed By House. Votes: 23 YES 11 NO 6 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2018-04-25** Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-05-02** Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-05-03** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2018-05-09** 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/7eb3c344-cc74-4763-8711-d3c7b0b1f1b6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).