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Bill AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 13 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MARRIAGES. This Act reinstates the requirement that the Clerks of the Peace in each county maintain a registry of clergypersons or ministers who perform marriages in Delaware. Clergypersons or ministers of any religion desiring to perform wedding ceremonies must register with the Clerk of the Peace. Upon registering, he or she will receive an identification number that he or she must enter on the Certificate of Marriage for each wedding ceremony he or she performs. If the clergyperson or minister registers with the Clerk of the Peace in one county, he or she will be added to a statewide registry and will be able to perform weddings statewide. If a clergyperson or minister performs a wedding without being registered, the Clerk of the Peace can suspend or revoke that clergyperson or ministers ability to perform further weddings in Delaware. us/states/de Delaware General Assembly 150 SB 67 Delaware SB 67 (150)
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Catherine Cloutier
John J. Viola
Michael Ramone
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Delaware SB 67 (150) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 13 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MARRIAGES.

This Act reinstates the requirement that the Clerks of the Peace in each county maintain a registry of clergypersons or ministers who perform marriages in Delaware. Clergypersons or ministers of any religion desiring to perform wedding ceremonies must register with the Clerk of the Peace. Upon registering, he or she will receive an identification number that he or she must enter on the Certificate of Marriage for each wedding ceremony he or she performs. If the clergyperson or minister registers with the Clerk of the Peace in one county, he or she will be added to a statewide registry and will be able to perform weddings statewide. If a clergyperson or minister performs a wedding without being registered, the Clerk of the Peace can suspend or revoke that clergyperson or ministers ability to perform further weddings in Delaware.

Version chain

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

  1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • 2/3 — 410 (pass) · lower
  • SM — 200 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
  • Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
  • Catherine Cloutier — primary (person)
  • John J. Viola — primary (person)
  • Michael Ramone — primary (person)
  • Daniel B. Short — cosponsor (person)
  • Krista Griffith — cosponsor (person)
  • Laura V. Sturgeon — cosponsor (person)
  • Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2019-04-10 Introduced and Assigned to Judicial Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
  • 2019-05-08 Reported Out of Committee (Judicial) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits committee-passage
  • 2019-05-14 Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT passage
  • 2019-05-15 Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
  • 2019-06-12 Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 7 On Its Merits committee-passage
  • 2019-06-26 Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES passage
  • 2019-07-04 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ca95526c-0911-4ccb-8707-bd9a7b5225ab. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).