---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 25 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE SATISFACTION OF MORTGAGES AFTER A LAPSE OF TIME."
description: "This Act provides an automatic satisfaction of a mortgage 10 years after the maturity date as stated in the mortgage or any recorded extension of the mortgage or, in the absence of a stated maturity date, 40 years after the recording of the mortgage or any extension of the mortgage. This Act also reduces the time after which an attorney may file a certificate of satisfaction under § 2123 of Title 25 of the Delaware Code to 10 years after the maturity date and 40 years after the recording of a mortgage."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "151"
identifier: "HB 338"
citation: "Delaware HB 338 (151)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bryan Townsend", "Krista Griffith", "Kyle Evans Gay", "Sean M. Lynn", "Spiros Mantzavinos", "Stephanie L. Hansen", "William Bush"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 9
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-03-15"
last_action: "2022-10-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6ae031b3-4318-4d31-b748-f5970ba8eda7"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=79230"
source_hash: "11138ea47d7e6f5e698548199498192270061074f62107a564d1589981817504"
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 338 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 25 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE SATISFACTION OF MORTGAGES AFTER A LAPSE OF TIME.

This Act provides an automatic satisfaction of a mortgage 10 years after the maturity date as stated in the mortgage or any recorded extension of the mortgage or, in the absence of a stated maturity date, 40 years after the recording of the mortgage or any extension of the mortgage. This Act also reduces the time after which an attorney may file a certificate of satisfaction under § 2123 of Title 25 of the Delaware Code to 10 years after the maturity date and 40 years after the recording of a mortgage.

## 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=79230&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB338)
2. **HA 1 to HB 338** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=109357&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)

## Votes

- 3/5 — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- SM — **41–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
- 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)
- Jeffrey N. Spiegelman — cosponsor (person)
- John "Jack" Walsh — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin S Hensley — cosponsor (person)
- Kimberly Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Michael F. Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Ramone — cosponsor (person)
- Trey Paradee — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-15** Introduced and Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-05** Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce) in House with 1 Favorable, 9 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-12** Amendment HA 1 to HB 338 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-04-12** Amendment HA 1 to HB 338 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2022-04-12** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
- **2022-04-12** Assigned to Banking, Business & Insurance Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-05-11** Reported Out of Committee (Banking, Business & Insurance) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2022-06-28** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2022-10-14** 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/6ae031b3-4318-4d31-b748-f5970ba8eda7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).