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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 459, VOLUME 84 OF THE LAWS OF DELAWARE AND TITLES 6, 29, AND 30 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE REGISTRATION OF TRADE NAMES."
+description: "This Act modifies the effective date of Chapter 459, Volume 84 of the Laws of Delaware from February 1, 2025 to June 2, 2025, which was enacted to allow One-Stop business registration by making trade name registrations fully online. It codifies existing practice with respect to the registration of trade names for corporations and LLCs and adds a $25 annual license fee for Delaware corporations and LLCs not doing business in Delaware but desiring a Delaware trade name registration."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
+legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
+session: "153"
+identifier: "HB 40"
+citation: "Delaware HB 40 (153)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bryan Townsend", "Krista Griffith"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 9
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-01-09"
+last_action: "2025-02-07"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5be3c70f-0126-42fe-ac3c-290a0f08fde9"
+source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141757"
+source_hash: "66869ed3bb998e8d6302cca94ace2ae49230ad3973b03c151419a3c368c9fc98"
+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 40 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 459, VOLUME 84 OF THE LAWS OF DELAWARE AND TITLES 6, 29, AND 30 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE REGISTRATION OF TRADE NAMES.
+
+This Act modifies the effective date of Chapter 459, Volume 84 of the Laws of Delaware from February 1, 2025 to June 2, 2025, which was enacted to allow One-Stop business registration by making trade name registrations fully online. It codifies existing practice with respect to the registration of trade names for corporations and LLCs and adds a $25 annual license fee for Delaware corporations and LLCs not doing business in Delaware but desiring a Delaware trade name registration.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **HA 1 to HB 40** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=141792&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3/5 — **39–0** (pass) · lower
+- 3/5 — **19–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
+- Krista Griffith — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-09** Introduced and Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-01-16** Amendment HA 1 to HB 40 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
+- **2025-01-22** Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce) in House with 10 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
+- **2025-01-23** Amendment HA 1 to HB 40 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-01-23** Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT `passage`
+- **2025-01-23** Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-01-29** Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 6 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
+- **2025-01-30** Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 VACANT `passage`
+- **2025-02-07** 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/5be3c70f-0126-42fe-ac3c-290a0f08fde9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
+