---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 12, TITLE 16, TITLE 21, AND TITLE 31 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THIRD-PARTY DECISION MAKING."
description: "This Act updates the terminology used to describe or citations used to reference those who make financial or health-care decisions on behalf of a principal or individual, including when that principal or individual lacks capacity. This Act takes effect on September 30, 2025, to coincide with when the Delaware Uniform Health-Care Decisions Act of 2023 (DUHCDA 2023) takes effect."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "153"
identifier: "SB 93"
citation: "Delaware SB 93 (153)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Claire Snyder-Hall", "Nicole Poore", "Russell Huxtable", "Sarah McBride"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-04-08"
last_action: "2025-07-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/62437329-ccbb-4353-85ff-d6e482d17285"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=142055"
source_hash: "42f6b27da6876a722eb09cce3644f2664e98daf63fe42a77a71771ebc8107d5e"
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 93 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 12, TITLE 16, TITLE 21, AND TITLE 31 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THIRD-PARTY DECISION MAKING.

This Act updates the terminology used to describe or citations used to reference those who make financial or health-care decisions on behalf of a principal or individual, including when that principal or individual lacks capacity. This Act takes effect on September 30, 2025, to coincide with when the Delaware Uniform Health-Care Decisions Act of 2023 (DUHCDA 2023) takes effect.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.


## Votes

- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Claire Snyder-Hall — primary (person)
- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
- Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
- Sarah McBride — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-04-08** Introduced and Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-17** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 7 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2025-05-15** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2025-05-20** Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-06-18** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 9 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2025-06-26** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 VACANT `passage`
- **2025-07-21** 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/62437329-ccbb-4353-85ff-d6e482d17285`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).