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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 13 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE FAMILY LAW COMMISSION."
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description: "Delaware’s modern-day, statewide Family Court was established in 1971, unifying what had been multiple family law-related court systems throughout the state. In 1984, the Family Law Commission (“FLC”) was created to study and evaluate Delaware’s domestic relations, or family, laws and the Family Court’s rules and procedures; review legislation relating to family law and the Family Court; disseminate family law-related information to Delawareans; and engage in other related activities that it deemed appropriate."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "151"
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identifier: "HB 381"
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citation: "Delaware HB 381 (151)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Kyle Evans Gay", "Sherry Dorsey Walker"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 7
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2022-04-12"
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last_action: "2022-10-14"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d66c5c88-62f2-4464-a73b-664f3bbe1187"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=109343"
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source_hash: "eb60863fe70f24030fcbc6d4fc3100ad0e7c5fce3820f582275597f324794707"
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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 HB 381 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 13 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE FAMILY LAW COMMISSION.
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Delaware’s modern-day, statewide Family Court was established in 1971, unifying what had been multiple family law-related court systems throughout the state. In 1984, the Family Law Commission (“FLC”) was created to study and evaluate Delaware’s domestic relations, or family, laws and the Family Court’s rules and procedures; review legislation relating to family law and the Family Court; disseminate family law-related information to Delawareans; and engage in other related activities that it deemed appropriate.
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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. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=109343&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB381)
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## Votes
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- 3/5 — **40–0** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Kyle Evans Gay — primary (person)
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- Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
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- Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
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- Bryant L. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
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- Jeffrey N. Spiegelman — cosponsor (person)
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- Kendra Johnson — cosponsor (person)
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- Krista Griffith — cosponsor (person)
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- Lyndon D. Yearick — cosponsor (person)
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- Sarah McBride — cosponsor (person)
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- Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-04-12** Introduced and Assigned to Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability) Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2022-05-03** Reported Out of Committee (Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability)) in House with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2022-06-09** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2022-06-09** Assigned to Legislative Oversight & Sunset Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2022-06-14** Reported Out of Committee (Legislative Oversight & Sunset) in Senate with 3 Favorable `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-06-29** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2022-10-14** 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/d66c5c88-62f2-4464-a73b-664f3bbe1187`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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