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| Bill | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DIVISION OF FORENSIC SCIENCE AND THE DEFINITION OF NEXT OF KIN. | This act adds adult sibling of a decedent to the definition of next of kin in Chapter 47 of Title 29 of the Delaware Code relating to the Division of Forensic Science. This expansion of the definition of next of kin will, for example, allow the Medical Examiner to release the personal property of a decedent to an adult sibling of a decedent, when there is no other next of kin. It will also allow the Medical Examiner to provide a copy of a post mortem examination report to an adult sibling, upon written request, when there is no other next of kin. | us/states/de | Delaware General Assembly | 152 | SB 209 | Delaware SB 209 (152) |
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1 | 7 | 2 | 2024-01-18 | 2024-06-20 | openstates | ocd-bill/6296c4eb-2fb2-494a-b533-5c1dc5534052 | https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=140867 | d5499a17b21525661356a00e9ec9a5de377c838d20bbfbd4d4076f154a7ed3dd | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Delaware SB 209 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DIVISION OF FORENSIC SCIENCE AND THE DEFINITION OF NEXT OF KIN.
This act adds adult sibling of a decedent to the definition of next of kin in Chapter 47 of Title 29 of the Delaware Code relating to the Division of Forensic Science. This expansion of the definition of next of kin will, for example, allow the Medical Examiner to release the personal property of a decedent to an adult sibling of a decedent, when there is no other next of kin. It will also allow the Medical Examiner to provide a copy of a post mortem examination report to an adult sibling, upon written request, when there is no other next of kin.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Bill Text (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- SM — 39–0 (pass) · lower
- SM — 21–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- David L. Wilson — primary (person)
- Eric Morrison — primary (person)
- Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
- Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
- Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
- Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
- Sean Matthews — primary (person)
- Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
- Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2024-01-18 Introduced and Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate
introduction, referral-committee - 2024-03-13 Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits
committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable - 2024-03-20 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
passage - 2024-03-21 Assigned to Administration Committee in House
introduction, referral-committee - 2024-04-24 Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 2 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits
committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable - 2024-05-23 Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT
passage - 2024-06-20 Signed by Governor
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6296c4eb-2fb2-494a-b533-5c1dc5534052. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).