republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/152/hb-86.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 13 AND 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO REPRESENTATION OF INDIGENT PERSONS IN CIVIL PROCEEDINGS.	This Act establishes a right to counsel for indigent parents in DSCYF custody proceedings. Parent representation will primarily be provided by a legal services entity contracted with the Family Court, but may also be provided by the Office of Defense Services or a private attorney appointed by the Court.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	152	HB 86	Delaware HB 86 (152)	bill		enacted	Cyndie Romer David L. Wilson David P. Sokola Eric Morrison Franklin D. Cooke Kendra Johnson Krista Griffith Madinah Wilson-Anton Paul S. Baumbach Peter C. Schwartzkopf Russell Huxtable Sarah McBride Sherry Dorsey Walker Spiros Mantzavinos	1	11	2	2023-03-17	2024-10-25	openstates	ocd-bill/7aa00918-ae68-492d-8a98-8830c2cd43de	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=130094	687966646b282fdd0df50fb5ec11aa259a392f804d667505f3593ce448c679bd	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 86 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 13 AND 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO REPRESENTATION OF INDIGENT PERSONS IN CIVIL PROCEEDINGS.

This Act establishes a right to counsel for indigent parents in DSCYF custody proceedings. Parent representation will primarily be provided by a legal services entity contracted with the Family Court, but may also be provided by the Office of Defense Services or a private attorney appointed by the Court.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 21–0 (pass) · upper
• SM — 39–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Cyndie Romer — primary (person)
• David L. Wilson — primary (person)
• David P. Sokola — primary (person)
• Eric Morrison — primary (person)
• Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
• Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
• Krista Griffith — primary (person)
• Madinah Wilson-Anton — primary (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
• Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
• Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
• Sarah McBride — primary (person)
• Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
• Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-03-17 Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2023-03-29 Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 5 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-30 Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-05-22 Reported Out of Committee (Appropriations) in House with 6 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2024-06-11 Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT passage
• 2024-06-11 Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-06-18 Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-06-18 Assigned to Finance Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-06-26 Reported Out of Committee (Finance) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2024-06-30 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2024-10-25 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7aa00918-ae68-492d-8a98-8830c2cd43de. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).