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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 10 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CHANGE OF NAME."
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description: "This Act repeals the requirement that individuals seeking to change their name publish notice of the petition for change of name in a newspaper published in the county in which the proceeding is had at least once a week for 3 weeks before the petition is filed. This provision does not exist in 20 other states, including our neighbors in New Jersey, Maryland, and Virginia, and serves to only add an additional financial barrier to those seeking to change their name."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "151"
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identifier: "HB 274"
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citation: "Delaware HB 274 (151)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Edward S. Osienski", "Kyle Evans Gay"]
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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: "2022-01-06"
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last_action: "2022-04-28"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/85c7dc94-8dff-443d-b330-7e49eecc6a16"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=79058"
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source_hash: "f5468b5504c5738ee3a0942b317d8f8ebbc293f6f42f8a549a76521d072fdf0b"
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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 274 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 10 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CHANGE OF NAME.
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This Act repeals the requirement that individuals seeking to change their name publish notice of the petition for change of name in a newspaper published in the county in which the proceeding is had at least once a week for 3 weeks before the petition is filed. This provision does not exist in 20 other states, including our neighbors in New Jersey, Maryland, and Virginia, and serves to only add an additional financial barrier to those seeking to change their name.
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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=79058&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB274)
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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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- Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
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- Kyle Evans Gay — primary (person)
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- Colin Bonini — cosponsor (person)
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- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
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- Debra Heffernan — cosponsor (person)
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- Eric Morrison — cosponsor (person)
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- Kendra Johnson — cosponsor (person)
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- Madinah Wilson-Anton — cosponsor (person)
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- Marie Pinkney — cosponsor (person)
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- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
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- Sarah McBride — cosponsor (person)
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- William J. Carson — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-01-06** Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2022-01-12** Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 2 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-01-27** Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2022-01-27** Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2022-03-17** Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-04-13** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2022-04-28** 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/85c7dc94-8dff-443d-b330-7e49eecc6a16`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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