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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO VITAL STATISTICS."
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description: "This Act replaces the stillbirth certificate with a certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth, clarifies what documentation is required upon the occurrence of a stillbirth, and makes technical corrections to the Vital Statistics laws to accurately reflect current practices. This Act does not change the current reporting requirements regarding births or deaths."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "149"
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identifier: "SB 3"
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citation: "Delaware SB 3 (149)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["David Bentz", "John L. Mitchell", "Nicole Poore"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 7
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2017-06-06"
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last_action: "2017-08-09"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/27e19a28-5cdc-4905-823b-91b7863e70e0"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25467"
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source_hash: "3d6a697a70dc367f6593f2b21e4303cb1e2f345c480d4a9ebf49969b49b5a0ae"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
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---
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# Delaware SB 3 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO VITAL STATISTICS.
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This Act replaces the stillbirth certificate with a certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth, clarifies what documentation is required upon the occurrence of a stillbirth, and makes technical corrections to the Vital Statistics laws to accurately reflect current practices. This Act does not change the current reporting requirements regarding births or deaths.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=25467&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB3)
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## Votes
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- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **41–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- David Bentz — primary (person)
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- John L. Mitchell — primary (person)
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- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
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- Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
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- Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
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- Daniel B. Short — cosponsor (person)
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- Deborah Hudson — cosponsor (person)
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- Gerald W. Hocker — cosponsor (person)
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- Helene M. Keeley — cosponsor (person)
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- John Walsh — cosponsor (person)
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- Joseph E. Miro — cosponsor (person)
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- Kimberly Williams — cosponsor (person)
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- Melanie George Smith — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-06-06** Introduced and Assigned to Health, Children & Social Services Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2017-06-07** Reported Out of Committee (Health, Children & Social Services) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2017-06-08** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2017-06-09** Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2017-06-21** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 8 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2017-06-30** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
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- **2017-08-09** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/27e19a28-5cdc-4905-823b-91b7863e70e0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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