SB 197 Delaware Senate · 150th General Assembly (2019-2020)

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 95, VOLUME 82 OF THE LAWS OF DELAWARE RELATING TO MARRIAGES.

Summary

This Act postpones the effective date of Senate Bill No. 67, enacted in 2019, from January 1, 2020, to July 1, 2020. The clerks of the peace for all 3 counties have indicated they intend to postpone implementation of Senate Bill No. 67, so as to allow additional time for engagement with leaders of faith communities to identify any additional changes to the marriage registry structure or to its implementation or enforcement.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Dec 2019

Committee Review

Jan 2020

Senate Passage

Jan 2020

House Passage

Governor

Introduced Dec 19, 2019 Last action Jan 22, 2020

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

Full legislative history

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Committee

Jan 22, 2020

Lower · Passed

Reported Out of Committee (Housing & Community Affairs) in House with 5 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits

lower

Jan 17, 2020

Introduced

Assigned to Housing & Community Affairs Committee in House

lower

Jan 16, 2020

Upper · Passed

Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT

upper

Jan 15, 2020

Upper · Passed

Reported Out of Committee (Judicial) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits

upper

Dec 19, 2019

Introduced

Introduced and Assigned to Judicial Committee in Senate

upper

5 primary · 0 co-sponsors