Delaware Senate Bill 97

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Passed on May 31 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-05-31 - Signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

In 1995, the General Assembly directed the Code Revisors to gender neutralize or otherwise ensure that a solely masculine or feminine designation never occurs unless it could only apply to one gender. The Code Revisors followed this direction and worked to ensure that laws enacted after 1995 were gender neutralized during the codification process. The Code Revisors also began working through the Delaware Code in existence in 1995 to gender neutralize existing law, a process that is not yet complete.

An Act To Amend Title 1, Title 2, Title 3, Title 4, Title 5, Title 7, Title 12, Title 16, Title 25, Title 26, Title 27, Title 28, Title 29, Title 30, And Title 31 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Gender Silencing The Delaware Code.

Sen. David Sokola [D]	Sen. Bryan Townsend [D]	Sen. Elizabeth Lockman [D]	Sen. Gerald Hocker [R]
Sen. Brian Pettyjohn [R]	Rep. Peter Schwartzkopf [D]	Rep. Valerie Longhurst [D]	Rep. Melissa Minor-Brown [D]
Rep. Michael Ramone [R]	Rep. Lyndon Yearick [R]

2023-05-11 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 37 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 4) [PASS]
2023-05-04 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 19 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-05-31		Signed by Governor
2023-05-11		Passed By House. Votes: 37 YES 4 ABSENT
2023-05-10		Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits
2023-05-05		Assigned to Administration Committee in House
2023-05-04		Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 1 NO 1 ABSENT
2023-04-26		Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 5 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits
2023-04-19		Introduced and Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate

Type	Source
Summary	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=130224
Text	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=130224&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB97
Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#54326
Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#54415