republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/149/hb-141.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 10 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO FAMILY COURT PROCEDURE.	This Act authorizes the Family Court to interview a child outside the presence of the parties for the purpose of obtaining the child's testimony and ascertaining the truth of a matter asserted by a party to a Protection from Abuse proceeding. The Court may permit counsel to be present during the interview and ask the child questions. The Court may also permit a party who is not present for the interview to submit questions of fact for the Court to use in interviewing the child. Interviews under this Act must be made a part of the record.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	149	HB 141	Delaware HB 141 (149)	bill		enacted	Margaret Rose Henry Sean M. Lynn	1	7	2	2017-04-13	2017-06-27	openstates	ocd-bill/6a3d9859-0e99-44ac-b0ca-63d5f1725178	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25647	cd61115e8645ecf745e06ddb58576e7cc120e0d592194556bff5d231baa3313e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 141 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 10 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO FAMILY COURT PROCEDURE.

This Act authorizes the Family Court to interview a child outside the presence of the parties for the purpose of obtaining the child's testimony and ascertaining the truth of a matter asserted by a party to a Protection from Abuse proceeding. The Court may permit counsel to be present during the interview and ask the child questions. The Court may also permit a party who is not present for the interview to submit questions of fact for the Court to use in interviewing the child. Interviews under this Act must be made a part of the record.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 38–0 (pass) · lower
• SM — 20–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Margaret Rose Henry — primary (person)
• Sean M. Lynn — primary (person)
• Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
• Gerald W. Hocker — cosponsor (person)
• Helene M. Keeley — cosponsor (person)
• John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
• Michael Mulrooney — cosponsor (person)
• Sean Matthews — cosponsor (person)
• Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-04-13 Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2017-05-10 Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 1 Favorable, 8 On Its Merits committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2017-05-11 Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 3 ABSENT passage
• 2017-05-12 Assigned to Judicial & Community Affairs Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2017-06-08 Reported Out of Committee (Judicial & Community Affairs) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2017-06-08 Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2017-06-27 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6a3d9859-0e99-44ac-b0ca-63d5f1725178. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).