---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF TECHNOLOGY AND INFORMATION."
description: "Cybersecurity attacks, including data breaches, corporate theft, and sabotage perpetrated by state and non-state actors throughout the world present unique threats to Delaware residents, governments, businesses, and critical infrastructure. Statewide coordination is required to effectively ensure cybersecurity protection."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "149"
identifier: "HB 429"
citation: "Delaware HB 429 (149)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian Pettyjohn", "David P. Sokola", "Deborah Hudson", "Paul S. Baumbach"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-05-30"
last_action: "2018-08-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3a4f1533-83d0-4570-bd64-aae64db1742e"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26717"
source_hash: "bd6a35e7ec820fc51f67459e5794b2a1d9d57ae744a05cd111e47d47ed61d7ed"
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 429 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF TECHNOLOGY AND INFORMATION.

Cybersecurity attacks, including data breaches, corporate theft, and sabotage perpetrated by state and non-state actors throughout the world present unique threats to Delaware residents, governments, businesses, and critical infrastructure. Statewide coordination is required to effectively ensure cybersecurity protection.

## 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=26717&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB429)

## Votes

- SM — **41–0** (pass) · lower
- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
- Deborah Hudson — primary (person)
- Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
- David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
- Gerald W. Hocker — cosponsor (person)
- Helene M. Keeley — cosponsor (person)
- Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
- Stephen Smyk — cosponsor (person)
- William R. Outten — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-05-30** Introduced and Assigned to Telecommunication Internet & Technology Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-06-06** Reported Out of Committee (Telecommunication Internet & Technology) in House with 3 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-06-07** Amendment HA 1 to HB 429 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-06-14** Amendment HA 2 to HB 429 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-06-19** Amendment HA 1 to HB 429 - Stricken in House
- **2018-06-19** Amendment HA 2 to HB 429 - Stricken in House
- **2018-06-19** Amendment HA 3 to HB 429 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2018-06-19** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
- **2018-06-19** Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-06-27** Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2018-07-01** Suspension of Rules in Senate
- **2018-07-01** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2018-08-10** 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/3a4f1533-83d0-4570-bd64-aae64db1742e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).