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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 11 AND 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CIVIL ASSET FORFEITURE."
+description: "This Act makes several changes to the civil asset forfeiture proceedings of this state."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
+legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
+session: "152"
+identifier: "HB 280"
+citation: "Delaware HB 280 (152)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bryan Townsend", "Cyndie Romer", "David L. Wilson", "David P. Sokola", "Edward S. Osienski", "Eric Morrison", "Franklin D. Cooke", "John \"Jack\" Walsh", "Kendra Johnson", "Kimberly Williams", "Laura V. Sturgeon", "Madinah Wilson-Anton", "Nicole Poore", "Paul S. Baumbach", "Peter C. Schwartzkopf", "Russell Huxtable", "S. Elizabeth Lockman", "Spiros Mantzavinos", "Trey Paradee", "Valerie Longhurst", "William Bush"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2024-05-09"
+last_action: "2024-08-29"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5282c85a-c87c-4d9a-ab61-a28eb97e3cd6"
+source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141107"
+source_hash: "3317b3d139463edb35c2b833aa167448c05b401655b906e69860b01257628e23"
+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 280 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 11 AND 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CIVIL ASSET FORFEITURE.
+
+This Act makes several changes to the civil asset forfeiture proceedings of this state.
+
+## 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=141107&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB280)
+2. **HA 1 to HB 280** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=141550&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
+
+## Votes
+
+- SM — **39–0** (pass) · lower
+- 3/5 — **21–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
+- Cyndie Romer — primary (person)
+- David L. Wilson — primary (person)
+- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
+- Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
+- Eric Morrison — primary (person)
+- Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
+- John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
+- Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
+- Kimberly Williams — primary (person)
+- Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
+- Madinah Wilson-Anton — primary (person)
+- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
+- Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
+- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
+- Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
+- S. Elizabeth Lockman — primary (person)
+- Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
+- Trey Paradee — primary (person)
+- Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
+- William Bush — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-05-09** Introduced and Assigned to Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2024-05-14** Reported Out of Committee (Public Safety & Homeland Security) in House with 8 Favorable `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-05-14** Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2024-05-22** Reported Out of Committee (Appropriations) in House with 1 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-06-11** Amendment HA 1 to HB 280 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
+- **2024-06-11** Amendment HA 1 to HB 280 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
+- **2024-06-11** Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT `passage`
+- **2024-06-11** Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2024-06-18** Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-06-18** Assigned to Finance Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2024-06-26** Reported Out of Committee (Finance) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
+- **2024-06-27** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
+- **2024-08-29** 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/5282c85a-c87c-4d9a-ab61-a28eb97e3cd6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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