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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 13 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MARRIAGES."
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description: "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 minister’s ability to perform further weddings in Delaware."
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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: "SB 67"
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citation: "Delaware SB 67 (150)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Brian Pettyjohn", "Bryan Townsend", "Catherine Cloutier", "John J. Viola", "Michael Ramone"]
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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: "2019-04-10"
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last_action: "2019-07-04"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ca95526c-0911-4ccb-8707-bd9a7b5225ab"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=47323"
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source_hash: "5d14615b522169f306d26c22e460f41b89a0fc6fb8bb82b4b874f576dccd82ab"
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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 SB 67 (150) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 13 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MARRIAGES.
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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 minister’s ability to perform further weddings in Delaware.
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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=47323&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB67)
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## Votes
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- 2/3 — **41–0** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **20–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
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- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
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- Catherine Cloutier — primary (person)
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- John J. Viola — primary (person)
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- Michael Ramone — primary (person)
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- Daniel B. Short — cosponsor (person)
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- Krista Griffith — cosponsor (person)
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- Laura V. Sturgeon — cosponsor (person)
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- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-04-10** Introduced and Assigned to Judicial Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2019-05-08** Reported Out of Committee (Judicial) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2019-05-14** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2019-05-15** Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2019-06-12** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 7 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2019-06-26** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
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- **2019-07-04** 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/ca95526c-0911-4ccb-8707-bd9a7b5225ab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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