---
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).