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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 13 AND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PUBLIC ACCESS TO VITAL STATISTICS RECORDS."
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description: "This Bill raises the time periods for public access to individual vital records from 72 years to 80 years after the date of birth, and from 40 years to 50 years after the date of death or marriage."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "150"
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identifier: "HB 114"
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citation: "Delaware HB 114 (150)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["David B. McBride", "Franklin D. Cooke"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 12
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2019-04-04"
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last_action: "2019-06-26"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/95a96a60-cf6e-4063-819b-39c3f05adc49"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=47308"
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source_hash: "22d310e3829e81c456b6866075849c75edb015fcfb931ab60a02cf4457344fcb"
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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 HB 114 (150) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 13 AND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PUBLIC ACCESS TO VITAL STATISTICS RECORDS.
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This Bill raises the time periods for public access to individual vital records from 72 years to 80 years after the date of birth, and from 40 years to 50 years after the date of death or marriage.
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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=47308&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB114)
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2. **HA 1 to HB 114** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=47426&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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3. **SA 1 to HB 114** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=47776&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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## Votes
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- SM — **41–0** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **41–0** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **18–2** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- David B. McBride — primary (person)
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- Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
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- Earl G. Jaques Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
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- John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
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- Kendra Johnson — cosponsor (person)
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- Krista Griffith — cosponsor (person)
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- Melissa Minor-Brown — cosponsor (person)
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- Michael F. Smith — cosponsor (person)
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- Michael Ramone — cosponsor (person)
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- Nicole Poore — cosponsor (person)
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- Sean M. Lynn — cosponsor (person)
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- Sherry Dorsey Walker — cosponsor (person)
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- Stephen Smyk — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-04-04** Introduced and Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2019-04-17** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 7 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2019-05-07** Amendment HA 1 to HB 114 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2019-05-07** Amendment HA 1 to HB 114 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2019-05-07** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
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- **2019-05-07** Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2019-06-19** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2019-06-20** Amendment SA 1 to HB 114 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2019-06-20** Amendment SA 1 to HB 114 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `amendment-passage`
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- **2019-06-20** Passed By Senate. Votes: 18 YES 2 NO 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2019-06-26** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
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- **2019-06-26** 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/95a96a60-cf6e-4063-819b-39c3f05adc49`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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