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type: "Bill"
title: "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."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "149"
identifier: "SB 70"
citation: "Delaware SB 70 (149)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anthony Delcollo", "Bryan Townsend", "John L. Mitchell", "Margaret Rose Henry", "Melanie George Smith", "Sean M. Lynn", "Stephanie L. Hansen"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-05-05"
last_action: "2017-07-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dbe9c570-e468-4480-b21d-d5b5cd674f2a"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25731"
source_hash: "7d30ff1f77b671543e1a33e8b95a474f4389e180832dbd53933a9b05a12e2c03"
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 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](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=25731&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB70)
## Votes
- SM — **200** (pass) · upper
- SM — **391** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dbe9c570-e468-4480-b21d-d5b5cd674f2a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).