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| Bill | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 13 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATED TO ADOPTION. | Section 1 of this Act amends Section 903 of Title 13 of the Delaware Code. Substantively, this Act allows persons who are not married but who are cohabitating to jointly adopt a child that is not theirs. The Act also rewrites the statute so as to be more clearly understandable. Section 2 of this Act amends Section 951 of Title 13 of the Delaware Code. It allows persons who are not married but who are cohabitating to jointly adopt a child that is not theirs. The Act also changes the phrase "husband and wife" to "married couple." | us/states/de | Delaware General Assembly | 150 | SB 94 | Delaware SB 94 (150) |
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Delaware SB 94 (150) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 13 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATED TO ADOPTION.
Section 1 of this Act amends Section 903 of Title 13 of the Delaware Code. Substantively, this Act allows persons who are not married but who are cohabitating to jointly adopt a child that is not theirs. The Act also rewrites the statute so as to be more clearly understandable. Section 2 of this Act amends Section 951 of Title 13 of the Delaware Code. It allows persons who are not married but who are cohabitating to jointly adopt a child that is not theirs. The Act also changes the phrase "husband and wife" to "married couple."
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Bill Text (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- SM — 20–1 (pass) · upper
- SM — 37–4 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
- Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
- Anthony Delcollo — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
- Bryant L. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- Catherine Cloutier — cosponsor (person)
- David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
- Ernesto B Lopez — cosponsor (person)
- Harris B. McDowell — cosponsor (person)
- John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
- Krista Griffith — cosponsor (person)
- Michael F. Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
- S. Elizabeth Lockman — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
- Trey Paradee — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2019-05-09 Introduced and Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate
introduction, referral-committee - 2019-05-15 Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 4 Favorable
committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage - 2019-05-16 Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 NO
passage - 2019-05-30 Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House
introduction, referral-committee - 2019-06-05 Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 8 On Its Merits
committee-passage - 2019-06-30 Passed By House. Votes: 37 YES 4 NO
passage - 2019-07-30 Signed by Governor
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d98636c7-b3a0-4af0-a4aa-ac8210775a95. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).