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Bill AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 10 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PROVIDING FOR AN ADDITIONAL FAMILY COURT JUDGE IN SUSSEX COUNTY. This Act increases the total number of Family Court judges from 17 to 18 to provide for 1 additional judge in Sussex County, which was funded in the fiscal year 2025 budget signed by the Governor on June 30, 2024. us/states/de Delaware General Assembly 153 SB 157 Delaware SB 157 (153)
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Brian Pettyjohn
Bryan Townsend
Bryant L. Richardson
Claire Snyder-Hall
Darius J. Brown
Dave G. Lawson
David L. Wilson
David P. Sokola
Edward S. Osienski
Franklin D. Cooke
John "Jack" Walsh
Josue O Ortega
Kerri Evelyn Harris
Laura V. Sturgeon
Marie Pinkney
Melanie Ross Levin
Nicole Poore
Ray Seigfried
Russell Huxtable
Sarah McBride
Spiros Mantzavinos
Stell Parker Selby
Trey Paradee
0 7 2 2025-05-20 2025-05-27 openstates ocd-bill/b93de413-26ed-42e7-9a73-6dfe1c47dfc2 https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=142355 f409ebc42f48a5dec40b2b544af6dee7b9d31c214051ce725f062721ffffd131 2026-07-01 https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump 2026-07-06 reported
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Delaware SB 157 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 10 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PROVIDING FOR AN ADDITIONAL FAMILY COURT JUDGE IN SUSSEX COUNTY.

This Act increases the total number of Family Court judges from 17 to 18 to provide for 1 additional judge in Sussex County, which was funded in the fiscal year 2025 budget signed by the Governor on June 30, 2024.

Version chain

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

Votes

  • SM — 200 (pass) · upper
  • SM — 350 (pass) · lower

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)
  • Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
  • Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
  • John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
  • Josue O Ortega — primary (person)
  • Kerri Evelyn Harris — 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)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-05-20 Introduced in Senate introduction
  • 2025-05-20 Suspension of Rules in Senate
  • 2025-05-20 Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT passage
  • 2025-05-21 Assigned to Administration Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
  • 2025-05-22 Suspension of Rules in House
  • 2025-05-22 Passed By House. Votes: 35 YES 6 ABSENT passage
  • 2025-05-27 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b93de413-26ed-42e7-9a73-6dfe1c47dfc2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).