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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 12 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CREDITORS' CLAIMS AGAINST DECEDENTS' ESTATES."
+description: "Currently, claims that arise at the death of the decedent are treated the same as claims that arise after the decedent's death. This bill changes how claims that arise at the time of decedent's death are treated by including them in the same class of claims that arise during the decedent's lifetime. By making this change, claims that arise at the death of the decedent would need to be based upon the conduct of the decedent rather than the conduct of the personal representative who, at the time of decedent's death, has not yet been appointed."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
+legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
+session: "149"
+identifier: "HB 154"
+citation: "Delaware HB 154 (149)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Brian J. Bushweller", "Bryan Townsend", "Bryon H. Short", "Melanie George Smith", "Sean M. Lynn", "Stephanie L. Hansen"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 7
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2017-05-02"
+last_action: "2017-08-30"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0f12b4ae-7b49-4ba6-987a-3559bb79d640"
+source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25704"
+source_hash: "5c21b89adb5ce5fc9f86883ea6093b077f09e902da1ac41065b6d49d471befdd"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
+---
+
+# Delaware HB 154 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 12 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CREDITORS' CLAIMS AGAINST DECEDENTS' ESTATES.
+
+Currently, claims that arise at the death of the decedent are treated the same as claims that arise after the decedent's death. This bill changes how claims that arise at the time of decedent's death are treated by including them in the same class of claims that arise during the decedent's lifetime. By making this change, claims that arise at the death of the decedent would need to be based upon the conduct of the decedent rather than the conduct of the personal representative who, at the time of decedent's death, has not yet been appointed.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=25704&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB154)
+
+## Votes
+
+- SM — **33–0** (pass) · lower
+- SM — **19–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Brian J. Bushweller — primary (person)
+- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
+- Bryon H. Short — primary (person)
+- Melanie George Smith — primary (person)
+- Sean M. Lynn — primary (person)
+- Stephanie L. Hansen — primary (person)
+- Anthony Delcollo — cosponsor (person)
+- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
+- Helene M. Keeley — cosponsor (person)
+- Michael Ramone — cosponsor (person)
+- Quinton Johnson — cosponsor (person)
+- Trey Charles Paradee — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-05-02** Introduced and Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance/Commerce Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2017-05-17** Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance/Commerce) in House with 8 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
+- **2017-06-15** Passed By House. Votes: 33 YES 8 ABSENT `passage`
+- **2017-06-15** Assigned to Banking, Business & Insurance Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2017-06-21** Reported Out of Committee (Banking, Business & Insurance) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
+- **2017-07-01** Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT `passage`
+- **2017-08-30** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0f12b4ae-7b49-4ba6-987a-3559bb79d640`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
+