HB 75 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

Author/Sponsor: Rep. M. Smith & Rep. Schwartzkopf & Rep. Longhurst & Sen. Sokola & Sen. Blevins, Reps. Barbieri, Baumbach, Bolden, Brady, Heffernan, Keeley, Kowalko, Mulrooney, Osienski, Ramone, B. Short, Viola, D.E. Williams, K. Williams; Sens. McDowell, Peterson, Poore, Townsend
Date Introduced: April 2013
Date Enacted: 7 May 2013

Description:

The title of the act says it all - 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

The Delaware Civil Union and Equality Act

Author/Sponsor: Sens. David P. Sokola and Melanie George
Date Introduced: March 2011
Date Enacted: Signed 11 May 2011, took effect 1 January 2012

Description:

• A bill to allow civil unions in Delaware.
• At the signing Gov. Markell said, “Tonight, with the signing of this law, we say to any Delawarean, regardless of sexual orientation, if you have committed yourself to somebody, and you've made that pledge to spend your life together in partnership, your love is equally valid and deserving, your family is now equal under the law.”