---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY."
description: "This Act makes necessary updates to Delaware Code provisions codifying procedures related to the General Assembly to bring these provisions into compliance with current practice and to make technical corrections to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "151"
identifier: "HB 453"
citation: "Delaware HB 453 (151)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian Pettyjohn", "Bryan Townsend", "Daniel B. Short", "David P. Sokola", "Gerald W. Hocker", "John L. Mitchell", "Peter C. Schwartzkopf", "S. Elizabeth Lockman", "Timothy D. Dukes", "Valerie Longhurst"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 9
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-06-02"
last_action: "2022-10-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4196133b-1f70-412c-8ad1-22cae0206999"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=109601"
source_hash: "697b07e4c855fe4d61042f539176fb1c33fb344c3f5e46928787c3bb5c101bdd"
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 453 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

This Act makes necessary updates to Delaware Code provisions codifying procedures related to the General Assembly to bring these provisions into compliance with current practice and to make technical corrections to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual.

## 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=109601&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB453)
2. **HA 1 to HB 453** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=129715&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)

## Votes

- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower
- 2/3 — **20–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
- Daniel B. Short — primary (person)
- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
- Gerald W. Hocker — primary (person)
- John L. Mitchell — primary (person)
- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
- S. Elizabeth Lockman — primary (person)
- Timothy D. Dukes — primary (person)
- Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-06-02** Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-15** Amendment HA 1 to HB 453 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-06-16** Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 3 On Its Merits, 1 Unfavorable `committee-passage, committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2022-06-21** Amendment HA 1 to HB 453 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2022-06-21** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2022-06-21** Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-22** Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2022-06-23** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `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/4196133b-1f70-412c-8ad1-22cae0206999`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).