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---
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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 12 AND TITLE 13 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE INHERITANCE RIGHTS OF ISSUE AND POSTHUMOUS CHILDREN"
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description: "This Act clarifies the intestacy rights of child and parent by cross-referencing related provisions of Title 12 and Title 13 and adds a time limit for a child born of a deceased parent to be considered a child of that parent."
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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 123"
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citation: "Delaware SB 123 (153)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["John \"Jack\" Walsh", "Spiros Mantzavinos", "William Bush"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 9
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-05-01"
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last_action: "2025-08-21"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2b63cfbf-e3ab-439f-9e4e-1b5c8bfd896d"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=142175"
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source_hash: "230dc8d06145f7327c83fed7c8c8849587c29f0ace46fcfe1a61a0cbfffd986b"
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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 123 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 12 AND TITLE 13 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE INHERITANCE RIGHTS OF ISSUE AND POSTHUMOUS CHILDREN
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This Act clarifies the intestacy rights of child and parent by cross-referencing related provisions of Title 12 and Title 13 and adds a time limit for a child born of a deceased parent to be considered a child of that parent.
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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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1. **SA 1 to SB 123** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=142574&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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## Votes
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- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
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- Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
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- William Bush — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-05-01** Introduced and Assigned to Banking, Business, Insurance & Technology Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2025-06-17** Amendment SA 1 to SB 123 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2025-06-18** Reported Out of Committee (Banking, Business, Insurance & Technology) in Senate with 7 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2025-06-24** Amendment SA 1 to SB 123 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-06-24** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2025-06-25** Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2025-06-26** Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce) in House with 8 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2025-06-30** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 VACANT `passage`
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- **2025-08-21** 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/2b63cfbf-e3ab-439f-9e4e-1b5c8bfd896d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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