republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/149/sb-70.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 15, TITLE 6 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE CREATION, REGULATION, OPERATION AND DISSOLUTION OF DOMESTIC PARTNERSHIPS AND THE REGISTRATION AND REGULATION OF FOREIGN LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIPS.	Sections 1 and 7. These sections amend Sections 15-108(d) and 15-1102(a)(1)(a) of the Act to clarify and confirm the distinction between domestic partnerships and foreign partnerships and to make certain other conforming changes.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	149	SB 70	Delaware SB 70 (149)	bill		enacted	Anthony Delcollo Bryan Townsend John L. Mitchell Margaret Rose Henry Melanie George Smith Sean M. Lynn Stephanie L. Hansen	1	7	2	2017-05-05	2017-07-21	openstates	ocd-bill/dbe9c570-e468-4480-b21d-d5b5cd674f2a	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25731	7d30ff1f77b671543e1a33e8b95a474f4389e180832dbd53933a9b05a12e2c03	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware SB 70 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 15, TITLE 6 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE CREATION, REGULATION, OPERATION AND DISSOLUTION OF DOMESTIC PARTNERSHIPS AND THE REGISTRATION AND REGULATION OF FOREIGN LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIPS.

Sections 1 and 7. These sections amend Sections 15-108(d) and 15-1102(a)(1)(a) of the Act to clarify and confirm the distinction between domestic partnerships and foreign partnerships and to make certain other conforming changes.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 20–0 (pass) · upper
• SM — 39–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Anthony Delcollo — primary (person)
• Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
• John L. Mitchell — primary (person)
• Margaret Rose Henry — primary (person)
• Melanie George Smith — primary (person)
• Sean M. Lynn — primary (person)
• Stephanie L. Hansen — primary (person)
• Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
• Gregory F. Lavelle — cosponsor (person)
• James Johnson — cosponsor (person)
• Jeff N. Spiegelman — cosponsor (person)
• Trey Charles Paradee — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-05-05 Introduced and Assigned to Banking, Business & Insurance Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2017-05-17 Reported Out of Committee (Banking, Business & Insurance) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2017-06-06 Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2017-06-07 Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2017-06-14 Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 9 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2017-06-30 Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 1 NO 1 ABSENT passage
• 2017-07-21 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/dbe9c570-e468-4480-b21d-d5b5cd674f2a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).