republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/151/sb-161.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 AND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SAFE ARMS FOR BABIES.	According to the Children’s Bureau within the Administration for Children & Families, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, all 50 states plus Washington, D.C. and Puerto Rico have enacted infant safe haven laws that allow a parent to surrender a newborn without fear of prosecution.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	151	SB 161	Delaware SB 161 (151)	bill		enacted	Larry Lambert Marie Pinkney Sherry Dorsey Walker	2	10	3	2021-06-03	2021-10-14	openstates	ocd-bill/cfc24525-1b63-4b5c-82f8-8255cb2f08e6	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=78788	018f0ec795fb53dc9b74f0bdce5a1b672101a85a2c8d9579e7f626b870f3a5f3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware SB 161 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 AND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SAFE ARMS FOR BABIES.

According to the Children’s Bureau within the Administration for Children & Families, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, all 50 states plus Washington, D.C. and Puerto Rico have enacted infant safe haven laws that allow a parent to surrender a newborn without fear of prosecution.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source
2. HA 1 to SB 161 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 20–0 (pass) · upper
• SM — 41–0 (pass) · lower
• SM — 21–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Larry Lambert — primary (person)
• Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
• Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
• Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
• Charles S Postles Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
• Debra Heffernan — cosponsor (person)
• Eric Morrison — cosponsor (person)
• Gerald W. Hocker — cosponsor (person)
• John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
• Kendra Johnson — cosponsor (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
• Richard G. Collins — cosponsor (person)
• Sarah McBride — cosponsor (person)
• Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-06-03 Introduced and 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, 2 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-06-10 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2021-06-11 Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-06-16 Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 8 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-06-24 Amendment HA 1 to SB 161 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2021-06-29 Amendment HA 1 to SB 161 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2021-06-29 Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES passage
• 2021-06-30 Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2021-10-14 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cfc24525-1b63-4b5c-82f8-8255cb2f08e6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).