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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 10 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PETITIONS FOR CHANGE OF NAME."
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description: "Currently, Family Court has jurisdiction over name changes for minors when considered in conjunction with establishing parentage, as well as adult name resumption related to divorce proceedings. Outside of that context, a name change must be filed in the Court of Common Pleas. This bill provides for Family Court to assume jurisdiction over all minor name change petitions, as recommended by the Jurisdiction Improvement Committee established by the Delaware Supreme Court Order of November 7, 2017. The bill exempts the name change matters in Family Court from newspaper publication requirements. Under the bill, the Court of Common Pleas retains its jurisdiction over other adult name change petitions."
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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 188"
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citation: "Delaware HB 188 (150)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Kendra Johnson", "Nicole Poore", "Valerie Longhurst"]
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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: "2019-06-07"
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last_action: "2019-06-30"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/66fa4fd2-46b1-4257-a616-58398561b1f5"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=47622"
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source_hash: "033d031abd3a4780b25bb34518544a875fc6d64092ce3b0b911bf32e15cb19af"
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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 188 (150) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 10 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PETITIONS FOR CHANGE OF NAME.
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Currently, Family Court has jurisdiction over name changes for minors when considered in conjunction with establishing parentage, as well as adult name resumption related to divorce proceedings. Outside of that context, a name change must be filed in the Court of Common Pleas. This bill provides for Family Court to assume jurisdiction over all minor name change petitions, as recommended by the Jurisdiction Improvement Committee established by the Delaware Supreme Court Order of November 7, 2017. The bill exempts the name change matters in Family Court from newspaper publication requirements. Under the bill, the Court of Common Pleas retains its jurisdiction over other adult name change petitions.
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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=47622&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB188)
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## Votes
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- SM — **39–0** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **20–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
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- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
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- Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-06-07** Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2019-06-12** Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 1 Favorable, 6 On Its Merits `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2019-06-18** Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2019-06-18** Assigned to Judicial Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2019-06-30** Suspension of Rules in Senate
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- **2019-06-30** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2019-06-30** 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/66fa4fd2-46b1-4257-a616-58398561b1f5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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