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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 20 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PUBLIC PROTECTIONS DURING THE COVID-19 STATE OF EMERGENCY AND NOTARIZATION."
+description: "This Act ensures that the protections put in place during the COVID-19 pandemic related to notarizations do not cease immediately upon the lifting of the COVID-19 State of Emergency, but instead continue until June 30, 2021."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
+legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
+session: "150"
+identifier: "SB 247"
+citation: "Delaware SB 247 (150)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Sean Matthews", "Stephanie L. Hansen"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 7
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2020-06-16"
+last_action: "2020-07-16"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/48977b35-c776-4c6c-bcf2-1e9df4ebb4fa"
+source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=48142"
+source_hash: "9e3e17a7d65764717d52f30adab222736f2151f71124222547663a51da4ea50a"
+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 SB 247 (150) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 20 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PUBLIC PROTECTIONS DURING THE COVID-19 STATE OF EMERGENCY AND NOTARIZATION.
+
+This Act ensures that the protections put in place during the COVID-19 pandemic related to notarizations do not cease immediately upon the lifting of the COVID-19 State of Emergency, but instead continue until June 30, 2021.
+
+## 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=48142&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB247)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 2/3 — **41–0** (pass) · lower
+- 2/3 — **21–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Sean Matthews — primary (person)
+- Stephanie L. Hansen — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-06-16** Introduced and Laid on Table in Senate `introduction`
+- **2020-06-23** Suspension of Rules in Senate
+- **2020-06-23** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
+- **2020-06-23** Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2020-06-25** Suspension of Rules in House
+- **2020-06-25** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
+- **2020-07-16** 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/48977b35-c776-4c6c-bcf2-1e9df4ebb4fa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
+