---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 10 AND 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE REAL PROPERTY LIEN OF CRIMINAL-RELATED JUDGMENTS."
description: "This Act provides protection to homeowners from sellers that may have misled buyers (or their settlement attorneys) regarding a criminal judgment that attached to real property. It prevents innocent owners from potentially becoming a second victim by having a prior owner’s lien attach for more than 7 years after the settlement."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "151"
identifier: "HB 339"
citation: "Delaware HB 339 (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: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-03-22"
last_action: "2022-10-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bc05d7f7-da62-4117-9dd9-6682a6c222f8"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=79260"
source_hash: "a49fe8acb1a76e31a0c57c480a3120ad84f693ffdbe873125ebe5d3c4b501f35"
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 339 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 10 AND 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE REAL PROPERTY LIEN OF CRIMINAL-RELATED JUDGMENTS.

This Act provides protection to homeowners from sellers that may have misled buyers (or their settlement attorneys) regarding a criminal judgment that attached to real property. It prevents innocent owners from potentially becoming a second victim by having a prior owner’s lien attach for more than 7 years after the settlement.

## 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=79260&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB339)
2. **HA 1 to HB 339** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=99334&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
3. **HA 2 to HB 339** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=109424&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)

## Votes

- 2/3 — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- SM — **40–0** (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)
- Trey Paradee — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-22** 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, 8 On Its Merits, 1 Unfavorable `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2022-04-07** Amendment HA 1 to HB 339 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-05-03** Amendment HA 2 to HB 339 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-05-03** Amendment HA 1 to HB 339 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2022-05-03** Amendment HA 2 to HB 339 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2022-05-03** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2022-05-03** Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-05-06** Re-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`
- **2022-06-23** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2022-10-21** 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/bc05d7f7-da62-4117-9dd9-6682a6c222f8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).