DE-HB75-2013
Delaware · HB 75 · 2013
An Act To Amend Title 13 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Domestic Relations To Provide For Same-gender Civil Marriage And To Convert Existing Civil Unions To Civil Marriages.
Pro-LGBTQ+Enacted
- Bill key
- DE-HB75-2013
- State
- Delaware
- Session
- 2013
- Introduced
- Last recorded status
- passed
- Citation (Bluebook)
- H.B. 75, 147th Gen. Assemb., Reg. Sess. (Del. 2013) (enacted), http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis147.nsf/2bede841c6272c888025698400433a04/81465557c4f225b285257b48004f31a7?OpenDocument.
- Short citation
- Del. H.B. 75.
- Topics
- Tags
Summary
This Act repeals the prohibition on same-gender marriage that was enacted in 1996. The effect of this Act is to allow two individuals, whether of the same or different genders, to…
Sponsors
| Name | Party | Office | District | Role |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melanie Smith | Democratic | Representative | HD-005 | Primary sponsor |
22 co-sponsors
| Name | Party | Office | District | Role |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Schwartzkopf | Democratic | Representative | HD-014 | Co-sponsor |
| Valerie Longhurst | Democratic | Representative | HD-015 | Co-sponsor |
| David Sokola | Democratic | Senator | SD-008 | Co-sponsor |
| Patricia Blevins | Democratic | Senator | SD-007 | Co-sponsor |
| Michael Barbieri | Democratic | Representative | HD-018 | Co-sponsor |
| Paul Baumbach | Democratic | Representative | HD-023 | Co-sponsor |
| Stephanie Bolden | Democratic | Representative | HD-002 | Co-sponsor |
| Gerald Brady | Democratic | Representative | HD-004 | Co-sponsor |
| Debra Heffernan | Democratic | Representative | HD-006 | Co-sponsor |
| Helene Keeley | Democratic | Representative | HD-003 | Co-sponsor |
| John Kowalko | Democratic | Representative | HD-025 | Co-sponsor |
| Michael Mulrooney | Democratic | Representative | HD-017 | Co-sponsor |
| Edward Osienski | Democratic | Representative | HD-024 | Co-sponsor |
| Michael Ramone | Republican | Representative | HD-021 | Co-sponsor |
| Bryon Short | Democratic | Representative | HD-007 | Co-sponsor |
| John Viola | Democratic | Representative | HD-026 | Co-sponsor |
| D.E. Williams | Democratic | Representative | HD-010 | Co-sponsor |
| Kimberly Williams | Democratic | Representative | HD-019 | Co-sponsor |
| Harris McDowell | Democratic | Senator | SD-001 | Co-sponsor |
| Karen Peterson | Democratic | Senator | SD-009 | Co-sponsor |
| Nicole Poore | Democratic | Senator | SD-012 | Co-sponsor |
| Bryan Townsend | Democratic | Senator | SD-011 | Co-sponsor |
Bill text
- As introduced (23,948 characters)
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