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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 12 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE CREATION, REGULATION, OPERATION, AND DISSOLUTION OF DOMESTIC STATUTORY TRUSTS."
+description: "This Act continues the practice of amending periodically the Delaware Statutory Trust Act (“the Statutory Trust Act”) to keep it current and to maintain its national preeminence. The following is a section-by-section review of proposed amendments to the Statutory Trust Act:"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
+legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
+session: "152"
+identifier: "HB 338"
+citation: "Delaware HB 338 (152)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Brian Pettyjohn", "Bryan Townsend", "Darius J. Brown", "David P. Sokola", "Franklin D. Cooke", "John \"Jack\" Walsh", "Kendra Johnson", "Krista Griffith", "Peter C. Schwartzkopf", "Sarah McBride", "Sean Matthews", "Sherry Dorsey Walker", "William Bush"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 7
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2024-03-07"
+last_action: "2024-05-30"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/13171b07-4ce8-4045-8ea7-97c5436c8852"
+source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141008"
+source_hash: "ee21a8ce2acf5cab25f6cc812001cf966958d9428440fbfbee766a4cfe5cc9c7"
+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 338 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 12 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE CREATION, REGULATION, OPERATION, AND DISSOLUTION OF DOMESTIC STATUTORY TRUSTS.
+
+This Act continues the practice of amending periodically the Delaware Statutory Trust Act (“the Statutory Trust Act”) to keep it current and to maintain its national preeminence. The following is a section-by-section review of proposed amendments to the Statutory Trust 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=141008&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB338)
+
+## Votes
+
+- SM — **38–0** (pass) · lower
+- SM — **20–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
+- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
+- Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
+- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
+- Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
+- John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
+- Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
+- Krista Griffith — primary (person)
+- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
+- Sarah McBride — primary (person)
+- Sean Matthews — primary (person)
+- Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
+- William Bush — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-03-07** Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2024-03-27** Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 8 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
+- **2024-04-23** Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 3 ABSENT `passage`
+- **2024-04-23** Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2024-05-08** Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
+- **2024-05-16** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
+- **2024-05-30** 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/13171b07-4ce8-4045-8ea7-97c5436c8852`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
+