---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 20 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO NOTARIZATION."
description: "Under the Governor’s Eleventh Modification of the COVID-19 State of Emergency Declaration, and continuing upon passage of Senate Bill No. 247, remote notarization and witnessing by Delaware attorneys via audio-visual technology has been permitted. This provision is currently set to sunset on June 30, 2021. This Act extends the provision through June 30, 2022."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "151"
identifier: "HB 216"
citation: "Delaware HB 216 (151)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sean Matthews", "Stephanie L. Hansen"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-06-03"
last_action: "2021-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/73da0af2-5614-4353-8c25-6c7fb8738ba3"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=78793"
source_hash: "80b492a767b36f835ff45ab3504854c456bbb746e7e9bb1ca13ee25f7a553f2c"
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 216 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 20 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO NOTARIZATION.

Under the Governor’s Eleventh Modification of the COVID-19 State of Emergency Declaration, and continuing upon passage of Senate Bill No. 247, remote notarization and witnessing by Delaware attorneys via audio-visual technology has been permitted. This provision is currently set to sunset on June 30, 2021. This Act extends the provision through June 30, 2022.

## 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=78793&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB216)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Sean Matthews — primary (person)
- Stephanie L. Hansen — primary (person)
- Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
- Eric Morrison — cosponsor (person)
- John "Jack" Walsh — cosponsor (person)
- Kendra Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Kimberly Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Krista Griffith — cosponsor (person)
- Nicole Poore — cosponsor (person)
- Ronald E. Gray — cosponsor (person)
- Sean M. Lynn — cosponsor (person)
- Trey Paradee — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-03** Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-15** Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 1 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-18** Suspension of Rules in House
- **2021-06-22** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
- **2021-06-22** Assigned to Banking, Business & Insurance Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-25** Re-Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-30** Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-30** 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/73da0af2-5614-4353-8c25-6c7fb8738ba3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).