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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 12 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE PUBLIC GUARDIAN."
+description: "This bill allows the Public Guardian to collect fees for services in accordance with standards to be established by the Guardianship Commission and approved by the Court of Chancery."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
+legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
+session: "151"
+identifier: "SB 85"
+citation: "Delaware SB 85 (151)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["David Bentz", "Nicole Poore", "Sherry Dorsey Walker"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 7
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2021-03-18"
+last_action: "2021-07-30"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e2281da1-8e75-473b-b246-652a4f513dde"
+source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=48470"
+source_hash: "3e5fb4aefa9955781b55f47f733d484b28c4fee991f19df1c801cacf3eb7771a"
+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 85 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 12 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE PUBLIC GUARDIAN.
+
+This bill allows the Public Guardian to collect fees for services in accordance with standards to be established by the Guardianship Commission and approved by the Court of Chancery.
+
+## 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=48470&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB85)
+
+## Votes
+
+- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower
+- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- David Bentz — primary (person)
+- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
+- Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
+- Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
+- Debra Heffernan — cosponsor (person)
+- Michael F. Smith — cosponsor (person)
+- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
+- Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-03-18** Introduced and Assigned to Banking, Business & Insurance Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-24** Reported Out of Committee (Banking, Business & Insurance) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-31** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
+- **2021-04-01** Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-27** Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce) in House with 1 Favorable, 9 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-06-24** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
+- **2021-07-30** 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/e2281da1-8e75-473b-b246-652a4f513dde`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
+