Delaware Senate Bill 67 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Passed on July 4 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-07-04 - Signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

This Act reinstates the requirement that the Clerks of the Peace in each county maintain a registry of clergypersons or ministers who perform marriages in Delaware. Clergypersons or ministers of any religion desiring to perform wedding ceremonies must register with the Clerk of the Peace. Upon registering, he or she will receive an identification number that he or she must enter on the Certificate of Marriage for each wedding ceremony he or she performs. If the clergyperson or minister registers with the Clerk of the Peace in one county, he or she will be added to a statewide registry and will be able to perform weddings statewide. If a clergyperson or minister performs a wedding without being registered, the Clerk of the Peace can suspend or revoke that clergyperson or ministers ability to perform further weddings in Delaware.

An Act To Amend Title 13 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Marriages.

Sen. Bryan Townsend [D]	Sen. Catherine Cloutier [R]	Sen. Brian Pettyjohn [R]	Rep. John Viola [D]
Rep. Michael Ramone [R]	Sen. Laura Sturgeon [D]	Rep. Paul Baumbach [D]	Rep. Krista Griffith [D]
Rep. Daniel Short [R]

2019-06-26 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 41 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-05-14 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 20 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-07-04		Signed by Governor
2019-06-26		Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES
2019-06-12		Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 7 On Its Merits
2019-05-15		Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House
2019-05-14		Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT
2019-05-08		Reported Out of Committee (Judicial) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits
2019-04-10		Introduced and Assigned to Judicial Committee in Senate

Type	Source
Summary	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=47323
Text	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=47323&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB67
Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#40695
Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#41137