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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 6 AND 12 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DECEDENTS’ ESTATES AND TRUSTS."
+description: "Section 1 of the Act amends subsection (b)(1) of section 12A-103 of Title 6 to remove a reference to testamentary trusts that is either a redundancy or otherwise might conflict with new section 3550 of Title 12 (which is a part of the Act)."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
+legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
+session: "151"
+identifier: "HB 164"
+citation: "Delaware HB 164 (151)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Krista Griffith", "Kyle Evans Gay", "Sean M. Lynn", "Spiros Mantzavinos", "Stephanie L. Hansen", "William Bush"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 8
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2021-04-29"
+last_action: "2021-06-30"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0bf1f969-f6a1-4cce-bc62-c1dd4e977ba4"
+source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=68645"
+source_hash: "4b96becb76391a33f33ee6d9d1a417dec874668c0c289b1adc46697d940044c0"
+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 164 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 6 AND 12 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DECEDENTS’ ESTATES AND TRUSTS.
+
+Section 1 of the Act amends subsection (b)(1) of section 12A-103 of Title 6 to remove a reference to testamentary trusts that is either a redundancy or otherwise might conflict with new section 3550 of Title 12 (which is a part of the Act).
+
+## 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=68645&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB164)
+
+## Votes
+
+- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
+- 2/3 — **41–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Krista Griffith — primary (person)
+- Kyle Evans Gay — primary (person)
+- Sean M. Lynn — primary (person)
+- Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
+- Stephanie L. Hansen — primary (person)
+- William Bush — primary (person)
+- Colin Bonini — cosponsor (person)
+- Jeffrey N. Spiegelman — cosponsor (person)
+- John "Jack" Walsh — cosponsor (person)
+- Kevin S Hensley — cosponsor (person)
+- Michael Ramone — cosponsor (person)
+- Trey Paradee — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-04-29** Introduced and Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-19** Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce) in House with 1 Favorable, 8 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-06-03** Suspension of Rules in House
+- **2021-06-08** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
+- **2021-06-08** Assigned to Banking, Business & Insurance Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2021-06-16** Reported Out of Committee (Banking, Business & Insurance) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
+- **2021-06-22** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
+- **2021-06-30** 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/0bf1f969-f6a1-4cce-bc62-c1dd4e977ba4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
+