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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 6, CHAPTER 73 OF THE DELAWARE CODE TO HARMONIZE WITH FEDERAL LAW, MODERNIZE, AND CLARIFY CERTAIN PROVISIONS."
+description: "This bill updates and clarifies certain provisions that have been confusing or otherwise problematic in the Investor Protection Unit’s enforcement efforts, or have otherwise become out-of-synch with federal securities law."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
+legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
+session: "152"
+identifier: "SB 131"
+citation: "Delaware SB 131 (152)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Darius J. Brown", "Kyle Evans Gay", "William Bush"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 7
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-05-16"
+last_action: "2023-09-21"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c8f07923-ae9e-40b5-9ffd-953daa19c9bd"
+source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=140395"
+source_hash: "9024fc82b52c49e8e86b807270b1be68d87bf8ba00216fb419083e014ae0459b"
+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 131 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 6, CHAPTER 73 OF THE DELAWARE CODE TO HARMONIZE WITH FEDERAL LAW, MODERNIZE, AND CLARIFY CERTAIN PROVISIONS.
+
+This bill updates and clarifies certain provisions that have been confusing or otherwise problematic in the Investor Protection Unit’s enforcement efforts, or have otherwise become out-of-synch with federal securities law.
+
+## 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=140395&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB131)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3/5 — **41–0** (pass) · lower
+- SM — **20–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
+- Kyle Evans Gay — primary (person)
+- William Bush — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-05-16** Introduced and Assigned to Banking, Business, Insurance & Technology Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2023-06-07** Reported Out of Committee (Banking, Business, Insurance & Technology) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-06-13** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
+- **2023-06-14** Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2023-06-20** Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce) in House with 1 Favorable, 8 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-06-30** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
+- **2023-09-21** 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/c8f07923-ae9e-40b5-9ffd-953daa19c9bd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
+