---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO STATE PROCUREMENT."
description: "This Act allows an agency, as defined in § 6902 of Title 29, (“agency”) to accept electronic bid submissions and on-line bidding for contracts procuring material and nonprofessional services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "149"
identifier: "HB 355"
citation: "Delaware HB 355 (149)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Edward S. Osienski", "Stephanie L. Hansen"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-03-27"
last_action: "2018-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9b63f2d6-c808-4687-9bab-2e9ea82c50ff"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26424"
source_hash: "78388477dbe8fb4b3899a6d6d8368fe5b2b17a335e68a48f2bddf25b49f8683a"
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 355 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO STATE PROCUREMENT.

This Act allows an agency, as defined in § 6902 of Title 29, (“agency”) to accept electronic bid submissions and on-line bidding for contracts procuring material and nonprofessional services.

## 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=26424&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB355)

## Votes

- SM — **41–0** (pass) · lower
- SM — **19–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
- Stephanie L. Hansen — primary (person)
- Daniel B. Short — cosponsor (person)
- David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
- Margaret Rose Henry — cosponsor (person)
- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
- Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-03-27** Introduced and Assigned to House Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-04-18** Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-24** Amendment HA 1 to HB 355 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-04-24** Amendment HA 1 to HB 355 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2018-04-24** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
- **2018-04-25** Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-06-06** Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2018-06-12** Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT `passage`
- **2018-07-01** 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/9b63f2d6-c808-4687-9bab-2e9ea82c50ff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).