republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/151/hb-31.md

type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags

type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE BY REPEALING PROVISIONS RELATING TO ABORTION.	This bill repeals certain provisions in Title 11 relating to abortion including provisions which treat abortion differently than other medical procedures, and provisions which criminalize women and the sale of medical devices and medicines.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	151	HB 31	Delaware HB 31 (151)	bill		enacted	Debra Heffernan Kendra Johnson Krista Griffith Kyle Evans Gay Laura V. Sturgeon Marie Pinkney Melissa Minor-Brown Nicole Poore S. Elizabeth Lockman Sarah McBride Sherae'a Moore Sherry Dorsey Walker Stephanie L. Hansen Valerie Longhurst	1	7	2	2021-03-04	2021-09-17	openstates	ocd-bill/747f437d-c949-465d-81f6-4b4cc6f9afb1	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=48421	d7f108bd042d411841d671673a69cbfa172b66a5f942ed35e3e95433c89b6205	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 31 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE BY REPEALING PROVISIONS RELATING TO ABORTION.

This bill repeals certain provisions in Title 11 relating to abortion including provisions which treat abortion differently than other medical procedures, and provisions which criminalize women and the sale of medical devices and medicines.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 28–13 (pass) · lower
• SM — 13–7 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Debra Heffernan — primary (person)
• Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
• Krista Griffith — primary (person)
• Kyle Evans Gay — primary (person)
• Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
• Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
• Melissa Minor-Brown — primary (person)
• Nicole Poore — primary (person)
• S. Elizabeth Lockman — primary (person)
• Sarah McBride — primary (person)
• Sherae'a Moore — primary (person)
• Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
• Stephanie L. Hansen — primary (person)
• Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
• Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
• David Bentz — cosponsor (person)
• David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
• Eric Morrison — cosponsor (person)
• Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
• John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
• John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
• Trey Paradee — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-03-04 Introduced and Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-03-10 Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 6 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-05-18 Passed By House. Votes: 28 YES 13 NO passage
• 2021-05-18 Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-06-09 Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-06-22 Passed By Senate. Votes: 13 YES 7 NO 1 NOT VOTING passage
• 2021-09-17 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/747f437d-c949-465d-81f6-4b4cc6f9afb1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).