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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE BY REPEALING PROVISIONS RELATING TO ABORTION."
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description: "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."
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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 31"
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citation: "Delaware HB 31 (151)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["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"]
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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: "2021-03-04"
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last_action: "2021-09-17"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/747f437d-c949-465d-81f6-4b4cc6f9afb1"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=48421"
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source_hash: "d7f108bd042d411841d671673a69cbfa172b66a5f942ed35e3e95433c89b6205"
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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 31 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE BY REPEALING PROVISIONS RELATING TO ABORTION.
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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.
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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=48421&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB31)
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## Votes
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- SM — **28–13** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **13–7** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Debra Heffernan — primary (person)
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- Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
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- Krista Griffith — primary (person)
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- Kyle Evans Gay — primary (person)
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- Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
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- Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
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- Melissa Minor-Brown — primary (person)
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- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
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- S. Elizabeth Lockman — primary (person)
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- Sarah McBride — primary (person)
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- Sherae'a Moore — primary (person)
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- Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
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- Stephanie L. Hansen — primary (person)
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- Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
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- Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
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- David Bentz — cosponsor (person)
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- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
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- Eric Morrison — cosponsor (person)
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- Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
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- John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
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- John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
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- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
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- Trey Paradee — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-03-04** Introduced and Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-10** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 6 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-05-18** Passed By House. Votes: 28 YES 13 NO `passage`
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- **2021-05-18** Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-06-09** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-06-22** Passed By Senate. Votes: 13 YES 7 NO 1 NOT VOTING `passage`
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- **2021-09-17** 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/747f437d-c949-465d-81f6-4b4cc6f9afb1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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