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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 13 AND TITLE 31 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO GUARDIANSHIP OF A CHILD.	This Act amends Chapter 23, Title 13 relating to guardianship and permanent guardianship of a child. The Act does all of the following:	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	152	SB 119	Delaware SB 119 (152)	bill		enacted	Kyle Evans Gay Nicole Poore Peter C. Schwartzkopf	1	8	2	2023-05-10	2023-07-31	openstates	ocd-bill/96e0a666-fe2b-40e2-a19b-e9ea17095633	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=130353	bc819d51afa1f2f2e70618994cae547939d2a3e734b94b49c053572cc54eb72a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware SB 119 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 13 AND TITLE 31 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO GUARDIANSHIP OF A CHILD.

This Act amends Chapter 23, Title 13 relating to guardianship and permanent guardianship of a child. The Act does all of the following:

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 41–0 (pass) · lower
• 2/3 — 21–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Kyle Evans Gay — primary (person)
• Nicole Poore — primary (person)
• Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-05-10 Introduced and Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2023-05-11 Re-Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2023-05-17 Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-06-08 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2023-06-08 Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2023-06-14 Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 7 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2023-06-30 Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES passage
• 2023-07-31 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/96e0a666-fe2b-40e2-a19b-e9ea17095633. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).