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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 13 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE COMMISSION ON FAMILY LAW."
description: "This bill provides that the Commission must have at least 2 members from each of the three counties in Delaware. The bill also changes the requirement for 1 pediatrician member and 1 board certified family practice physician to licensed health care providers, currently practicing or retired, with expertise in pediatrics or family medicine. The bill also changes the requirement for at least 1 Delaware licensed psychologist to at least 1 Delaware licensed mental health professional. Finally, the bill changes the name of the Commission to the Family Law Commission."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "149"
identifier: "SB 213"
citation: "Delaware SB 213 (149)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dave G. Lawson", "Michael Ramone", "Stephanie T. Bolden", "Stephanie L. Hansen"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-06-01"
last_action: "2018-07-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d25927a5-0e77-45d0-9960-821c4335cdb4"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26692"
source_hash: "9d059d3fc6f2ccc9cc4891baca9462564bbf9ceed48d06b2778644ea88910fb4"
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 213 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 13 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE COMMISSION ON FAMILY LAW.
This bill provides that the Commission must have at least 2 members from each of the three counties in Delaware. The bill also changes the requirement for 1 pediatrician member and 1 board certified family practice physician to licensed health care providers, currently practicing or retired, with expertise in pediatrics or family medicine. The bill also changes the requirement for at least 1 Delaware licensed psychologist to at least 1 Delaware licensed mental health professional. Finally, the bill changes the name of the Commission to the Family Law Commission.
## 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=26692&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB213)
## Votes
- SM — **170** (pass) · upper
- SM — **410** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Dave G. Lawson — primary (person)
- Michael Ramone — primary (person)
- Stephanie T. Bolden — primary (person)
- Stephanie L. Hansen — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2018-06-01** Introduced and Assigned to Judicial & Community Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-06-13** Reported Out of Committee (Judicial & Community Affairs) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-06-14** Passed By Senate. Votes: 17 YES 4 ABSENT `passage`
- **2018-06-15** Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-06-20** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 9 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2018-06-30** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
- **2018-07-23** 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/d25927a5-0e77-45d0-9960-821c4335cdb4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).