---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 12 AND TITLE 13 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DECEDENTS’ ESTATES AND FIDUCIARY RELATIONS."
description: "Section 1 of this Act amends§ 3301(d) of Title 12 by adding to the definition of “fiduciary” enforcers of purpose trusts under § 3556 of Title 12 that are acting in a fiduciary capacity, by adding to the definition of \"nonfiduciary\" enforcers of purpose trusts under § 3556 of Title 12 that are not acting in a fiduciary capacity, and by clarifying that others that are not acting in a fiduciary capacity are also nonfiduciaries."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "153"
identifier: "HB 103"
citation: "Delaware HB 103 (153)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian Pettyjohn", "David L. Wilson", "Spiros Mantzavinos", "William Bush"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-03-27"
last_action: "2025-08-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/618aa163-8185-4fa7-9e61-8382027f0bf4"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=142022"
source_hash: "cb586b6caabd578a1e62b4f6372a9fd76147bb3cc249499a8100ff26dab42d5e"
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 103 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 12 AND TITLE 13 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DECEDENTS’ ESTATES AND FIDUCIARY RELATIONS.

Section 1 of this Act amends§ 3301(d) of Title 12 by adding to the definition of “fiduciary” enforcers of purpose trusts under § 3556 of Title 12 that are acting in a fiduciary capacity, by adding to the definition of "nonfiduciary" enforcers of purpose trusts under § 3556 of Title 12 that are not acting in a fiduciary capacity, and by clarifying that others that are not acting in a fiduciary capacity are also nonfiduciaries.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.


## Votes

- SM — **37–0** (pass) · lower
- SM — **20–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
- David L. Wilson — primary (person)
- Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
- William Bush — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-27** Introduced and Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-08** Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce) in House with 8 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-17** Passed By House. Votes: 37 YES 4 ABSENT `passage`
- **2025-04-17** Assigned to Banking, Business, Insurance & Technology Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-14** Reported Out of Committee (Banking, Business, Insurance & Technology) in Senate with 5 Favorable `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-20** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2025-08-21** 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/618aa163-8185-4fa7-9e61-8382027f0bf4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).