---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 24 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO FUNERAL ESTABLISHMENT PERMITS."
description: "This Act clarifies the requirements regarding obtaining a permit to operate a funeral establishment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "153"
identifier: "HB 161"
citation: "Delaware HB 161 (153)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Josue O Ortega", "Russell Huxtable"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 8
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-05-14"
last_action: "2025-08-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9e51b3b8-a8e0-4a8e-a940-0db6eee236d4"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=142280"
source_hash: "83ecf72732f2d35a51ba2887c8deffaeeede2b1a7b17939cc14f679f787abdc4"
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 161 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 24 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO FUNERAL ESTABLISHMENT PERMITS.

This Act clarifies the requirements regarding obtaining a permit to operate a funeral establishment.

## Version chain

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


## Votes

- 2/3 — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Josue O Ortega — primary (person)
- Russell Huxtable — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-05-14** Introduced and Assigned to Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability) Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-21** Reported Out of Committee (Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability)) in House with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2025-06-12** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2025-06-12** Assigned to Legislative Oversight & Sunset Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-06-13** Re-Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-06-18** Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 6 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2025-06-26** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2025-08-25** 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/9e51b3b8-a8e0-4a8e-a940-0db6eee236d4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).