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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT DIRECTING THE STATE REGISTRAR OF VITAL STATISTICS TO ISSUE A BIRTH CERTIFICATE WITH THE NAME OF THE FATHER OF LEVI RYAN MURRAY."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "153"
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identifier: "SB 119"
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citation: "Delaware SB 119 (153)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["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"]
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version_count: 0
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action_count: 6
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-05-07"
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last_action: "2025-05-16"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/476b99a5-0275-4cab-9090-99038e6cd6af"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=142223"
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source_hash: "a6eb892a3b7fdf545ec590b516386608695cb7675f35f7de9e648b77b5e57c6c"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
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---
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# 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.
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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## Votes
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- SM — **33–0** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **20–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
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- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
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- Bryant L. Richardson — primary (person)
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- Claire Snyder-Hall — primary (person)
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- Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
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- Dave G. Lawson — primary (person)
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- David L. Wilson — primary (person)
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- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
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- Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
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- John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
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- Josue O Ortega — primary (person)
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- Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
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- Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
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- Melanie Ross Levin — primary (person)
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- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
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- Ray Seigfried — primary (person)
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- Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
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- Sarah McBride — primary (person)
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- Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
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- Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)
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- Trey Paradee — primary (person)
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- Valerie Jones Giltner — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-05-07** was introduced and adopted in lieu of SB 119 `introduction`
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- **2025-05-08** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2025-05-08** Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2025-05-08** Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2025-05-15** Passed By House. Votes: 33 YES 8 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2025-05-16** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/476b99a5-0275-4cab-9090-99038e6cd6af`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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