---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 9 PART III OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATED TO PROPERTY MAINTENANCE."
description: "This Act enables Kent County to establish regulations regarding property maintenance and penalties for violations of said regulations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "150"
identifier: "HB 87"
citation: "Delaware HB 87 (150)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Andria L. Bennett", "Trey Paradee"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-03-14"
last_action: "2020-02-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/03537e16-b314-4c28-8def-cec9591c7b16"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=47211"
source_hash: "c8e704ae41547bb76ca72e5859ba22d3d21620e84bc39ec3605ecb3507291b04"
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 87 (150) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 9 PART III OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATED TO PROPERTY MAINTENANCE.

This Act enables Kent County to establish regulations regarding property maintenance and penalties for violations of said regulations.

## 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=47211&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB87)
2. **HA 1 to HB 87** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=47334&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
3. **HA 2 to HB 87** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=47337&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
4. **HA 3 to HB 87** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=47701&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)

## Votes

- 3/5 — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- 3/5 — **33–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Andria L. Bennett — primary (person)
- Trey Paradee — primary (person)
- Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
- Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
- John J. Viola — cosponsor (person)
- Lyndon D. Yearick — cosponsor (person)
- Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
- Sean M. Lynn — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-14** Introduced and Assigned to Housing & Community Affairs Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-10** Reported Out of Committee (Housing & Community Affairs) in House with 7 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-11** Amendment HA 1 to HB 87 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-11** Amendment HA 2 to HB 87 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-06-13** Amendment HA 3 to HB 87 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-06-25** Amendment HA 2 to HB 87 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-25** Amendment HA 3 to HB 87 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-25** Amendment HA 1 to HB 87 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-25** Passed By House. Votes: 33 YES 7 ABSENT `passage`
- **2019-12-19** Assigned to Elections, Govt. & Community Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-01-22** Reported Out of Committee (Elections, Govt. & Community Affairs) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-29** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2020-02-10** 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/03537e16-b314-4c28-8def-cec9591c7b16`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).