2025-2026 Regular Session • Delaware Legislature
SB5: An Act Proposing An Amendment To Article I Of The Delaware Constitution Relating To The Right To Reproductive Freedom.
Legislative Summary
Like Senate Bill No. 5, this Act is the first leg of an amendment to the Delaware Constitution to ensure that every Delawarean is afforded reproductive freedom.
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Bill History
3/6/2025
Adopted in lieu of the original bill SB 5, and Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate
3/11/2025
Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 5 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits
3/11/2025
Amendment SA 1 to SS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
3/11/2025
Amendment SA 2 to SS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
3/11/2025
Amendment SA 1 to SS 1 - Defeated By Senate. Votes: 6 YES 15 NO
3/11/2025
Amendment SA 2 to SS 1 - Defeated By Senate. Votes: 7 YES 14 NO
3/11/2025
Passed By Senate. Votes: 15 YES 6 NO
3/12/2025
Assigned to Administration Committee in House
Roll Call Votes
Senate Third Reading
3/11/2025
15
Yea
6
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
Status Information
Current Status
Engrossed(3/11/2025)
Chamber
Senate
Committee
Administration(House of Representatives)
Sponsors
Democrat: 26
Primary Sponsor
Bryan Townsend
Democrat
Co-Sponsors (25)
Elizabeth Lockman
Democrat
Marie Pinkney
Democrat
Melissa Minor-Brown
Democrat
Debra Heffernan
Democrat
Kendra Johnson
Democrat
Krista Griffith
Democrat
William Bush
Democrat
Daniel Cruce
Democrat
Stephanie Hansen
Democrat
Kyra Hoffner
Democrat
Russ Huxtable
Democrat
Charles Paradee
Democrat
Nicole Poore
Democrat
Raymond Seigfried
Democrat
David Sokola
Democrat
Laura Sturgeon
Democrat
Jack Walsh
Democrat
Mara Gorman
Democrat
Sherae'a Moore
Democrat
DeShanna Neal
Democrat
Edward Osienski
Democrat
Sophie Phillips
Democrat
Cyndie Romer
Democrat
Melanie Ross Levin
Democrat
Claire Snyder-Hall
Democrat