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. Senate Bill No. 67 was to become effective on January 1, 2020; however, the Clerks of the Peace for all 3 counties have indicated that they intend to postpone implementation of the requirements set out in Senate Bill No. 67. This postponement is in order to allow additional time for engagement with leaders of faith communities and to identify any additional changes to the marriage registry structure or to its implementation or enforcement.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jun 2021
Committee Review
Jun 2021
Senate Passage
Jun 2021
House Passage
Jun 2021
Signed into Law
Sep 2021
Introduced Jun 3, 2021
Signed Sep 30, 2021
Floor votes · Senate Jun 8, 2021 · House Jun 29, 2021
How they voted
20–0
Passed
Total votes 20
Jun 8, 2021
D
Democratic13
100% Yea
R
Republican7
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
8
Key actions
5
Committee
2
Sep 30, 2021
Signed into law
Signed by Governor
executive
Jun 29, 2021
Lower · Passed
Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES
lower
Jun 16, 2021
Lower · Passed
Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 5 Favorable, 6 On Its Merits
lower
Jun 9, 2021
Introduced
Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House
lower
Jun 8, 2021
Upper · Passed
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
upper
Jun 8, 2021
Upper · Passed
Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits
upper
Jun 3, 2021
Introduced
Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate
upper
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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