republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/153/sb-119.md

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Bill	AN ACT DIRECTING THE STATE REGISTRAR OF VITAL STATISTICS TO ISSUE A BIRTH CERTIFICATE WITH THE NAME OF THE FATHER OF LEVI RYAN MURRAY.	There is a conflict in Delaware law related to determining whether the name of the husband who dies during the period between the creation of the embryo and placement of the embryo should or can be entered on the birth certificate as the father of the child conceived.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	153	SB 119	Delaware SB 119 (153)	bill		enacted	Brian Pettyjohn Bryan Townsend Bryant L. Richardson Claire Snyder-Hall Darius J. Brown Dave G. Lawson David L. Wilson David P. Sokola Franklin D. Cooke John "Jack" Walsh Josue O Ortega Laura V. Sturgeon Marie Pinkney Melanie Ross Levin Nicole Poore Ray Seigfried Russell Huxtable Sarah McBride Spiros Mantzavinos Stell Parker Selby Trey Paradee Valerie Jones Giltner	0	6	2	2025-05-07	2025-05-16	openstates	ocd-bill/476b99a5-0275-4cab-9090-99038e6cd6af	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=142223	a6eb892a3b7fdf545ec590b516386608695cb7675f35f7de9e648b77b5e57c6c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware SB 119 (153) — AN ACT DIRECTING THE STATE REGISTRAR OF VITAL STATISTICS TO ISSUE A BIRTH CERTIFICATE WITH THE NAME OF THE FATHER OF LEVI RYAN MURRAY.

There is a conflict in Delaware law related to determining whether the name of the husband who dies during the period between the creation of the embryo and placement of the embryo should or can be entered on the birth certificate as the father of the child conceived.

Version chain

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

Votes

• SM — 33–0 (pass) · lower
• SM — 20–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
• Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
• Bryant L. Richardson — primary (person)
• Claire Snyder-Hall — primary (person)
• Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
• Dave G. Lawson — primary (person)
• David L. Wilson — primary (person)
• David P. Sokola — primary (person)
• Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
• John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
• Josue O Ortega — primary (person)
• Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
• Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
• Melanie Ross Levin — primary (person)
• Nicole Poore — primary (person)
• Ray Seigfried — primary (person)
• Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
• Sarah McBride — primary (person)
• Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
• Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)
• Trey Paradee — primary (person)
• Valerie Jones Giltner — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-05-07 was introduced and adopted in lieu of SB 119 introduction
• 2025-05-08 Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2025-05-08 Assigned to Administration Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2025-05-08 Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 4 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2025-05-15 Passed By House. Votes: 33 YES 8 ABSENT passage
• 2025-05-16 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/476b99a5-0275-4cab-9090-99038e6cd6af. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).