---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 6 AND 12 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DECEDENTS’ ESTATES AND TRUSTS."
description: "Section 1 of the Act amends subsection (b)(1) of section 12A-103 of Title 6 to remove a reference to testamentary trusts that is either a redundancy or otherwise might conflict with new section 3550 of Title 12 (which is a part of the Act)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "151"
identifier: "HB 164"
citation: "Delaware HB 164 (151)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Krista Griffith", "Kyle Evans Gay", "Sean M. Lynn", "Spiros Mantzavinos", "Stephanie L. Hansen", "William Bush"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 8
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-04-29"
last_action: "2021-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0bf1f969-f6a1-4cce-bc62-c1dd4e977ba4"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=68645"
source_hash: "4b96becb76391a33f33ee6d9d1a417dec874668c0c289b1adc46697d940044c0"
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 164 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 6 AND 12 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DECEDENTS’ ESTATES AND TRUSTS.

Section 1 of the Act amends subsection (b)(1) of section 12A-103 of Title 6 to remove a reference to testamentary trusts that is either a redundancy or otherwise might conflict with new section 3550 of Title 12 (which is a part of the Act).

## 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=68645&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB164)

## Votes

- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- 2/3 — **41–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Krista Griffith — primary (person)
- Kyle Evans Gay — primary (person)
- Sean M. Lynn — primary (person)
- Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
- Stephanie L. Hansen — primary (person)
- William Bush — primary (person)
- Colin Bonini — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrey N. Spiegelman — cosponsor (person)
- John "Jack" Walsh — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin S Hensley — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Ramone — cosponsor (person)
- Trey Paradee — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-04-29** Introduced and Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-19** Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce) in House with 1 Favorable, 8 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-03** Suspension of Rules in House
- **2021-06-08** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
- **2021-06-08** Assigned to Banking, Business & Insurance Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-16** Reported Out of Committee (Banking, Business & Insurance) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2021-06-22** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2021-06-30** 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/0bf1f969-f6a1-4cce-bc62-c1dd4e977ba4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).