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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 12, TITLE 16, TITLE 21, AND TITLE 31 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THIRD-PARTY DECISION MAKING."
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description: "This Act updates the terminology used to describe or citations used to reference those who make financial or health-care decisions on behalf of a principal or individual, including when that principal or individual lacks capacity. This Act takes effect on September 30, 2025, to coincide with when the Delaware Uniform Health-Care Decisions Act of 2023 (DUHCDA 2023) takes effect."
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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 93"
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citation: "Delaware SB 93 (153)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Claire Snyder-Hall", "Nicole Poore", "Russell Huxtable", "Sarah McBride"]
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version_count: 0
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action_count: 7
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-04-08"
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last_action: "2025-07-21"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/62437329-ccbb-4353-85ff-d6e482d17285"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=142055"
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source_hash: "42f6b27da6876a722eb09cce3644f2664e98daf63fe42a77a71771ebc8107d5e"
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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 93 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 12, TITLE 16, TITLE 21, AND TITLE 31 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THIRD-PARTY DECISION MAKING.
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This Act updates the terminology used to describe or citations used to reference those who make financial or health-care decisions on behalf of a principal or individual, including when that principal or individual lacks capacity. This Act takes effect on September 30, 2025, to coincide with when the Delaware Uniform Health-Care Decisions Act of 2023 (DUHCDA 2023) takes effect.
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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 — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Claire Snyder-Hall — primary (person)
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- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
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- Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
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- Sarah McBride — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-04-08** Introduced and Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-17** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 7 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2025-05-15** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2025-05-20** Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2025-06-18** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 9 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2025-06-26** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 VACANT `passage`
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- **2025-07-21** 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/62437329-ccbb-4353-85ff-d6e482d17285`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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