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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DEATH CERTIFICATES."
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description: "This Act requires statutorily designated health providers to provide medical certifications of death, for death certificates, electronically and for the death certificates to be electronically filed with the Delaware Vital Events Registration System (DelVers). This Act sunsets on March 30, 2021."
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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 354"
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citation: "Delaware HB 354 (150)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Andria L. Bennett", "David P. Sokola", "Krista Griffith", "Laura V. Sturgeon", "Trey Paradee"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 6
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2020-06-17"
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last_action: "2020-07-23"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/90e6466d-555b-4b5e-809c-77710ece44eb"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=48155"
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source_hash: "a680bd6e495e4f220bb6d1bcedad3be0bd5970b4fab7321ea08e14319e74cabf"
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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 354 (150) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DEATH CERTIFICATES.
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This Act requires statutorily designated health providers to provide medical certifications of death, for death certificates, electronically and for the death certificates to be electronically filed with the Delaware Vital Events Registration System (DelVers). This Act sunsets on March 30, 2021.
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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=48155&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB354)
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## Votes
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- SM — **41–0** (pass) · lower
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- 3/5 — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Andria L. Bennett — primary (person)
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- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
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- Krista Griffith — primary (person)
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- Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
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- Trey Paradee — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-06-17** Introduced and Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2020-06-24** Suspension of Rules in House
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- **2020-06-24** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
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- **2020-06-25** Suspension of Rules in Senate
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- **2020-06-25** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2020-07-23** 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/90e6466d-555b-4b5e-809c-77710ece44eb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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