---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 10 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO VICE-CHANCELLORS OF THE COURT OF CHANCERY."
description: "This Act expands the total number of vice-chancellors on the Court of Chancery to 6 and makes technical corrections to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "149"
identifier: "SB 232"
citation: "Delaware SB 232 (149)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David B. McBride", "John J. Viola", "John L. Mitchell", "Margaret Rose Henry", "Nicole Poore", "Peter C. Schwartzkopf", "Valerie Longhurst"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-06-06"
last_action: "2018-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/09993c72-8671-4ebf-8689-cf2043124e85"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26774"
source_hash: "cefbac160799ccf205f6ed09690c3758ae8df3c1425ebc728816460a3436338d"
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 232 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 10 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO VICE-CHANCELLORS OF THE COURT OF CHANCERY.

This Act expands the total number of vice-chancellors on the Court of Chancery to 6 and makes technical corrections to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual.

## 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=26774&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB232)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- David B. McBride — primary (person)
- John J. Viola — primary (person)
- John L. Mitchell — primary (person)
- Margaret Rose Henry — primary (person)
- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
- Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
- David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
- Ernesto B Lopez — cosponsor (person)
- Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
- Melanie George Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
- William J. Carson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-06-06** Introduced and Laid on Table in Senate `introduction`
- **2018-06-12** Lifted From Table in Senate
- **2018-06-12** Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT `passage`
- **2018-06-13** Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-06-20** Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 3 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-06-28** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
- **2018-06-30** 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/09993c72-8671-4ebf-8689-cf2043124e85`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).