---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE AUDITOR OF ACCOUNTS."
description: "This Act allows the Auditor of Accounts to issue subpoenas directly, removing a requirement that the Auditor first file a praecipe with the Superior Court prothonotary. It also allows the Auditor to effect service of such a subpoena, and to apply for a court order if a recipient fails to respond to a subpoena. Failure to comply with such a court order may be punished as contempt of court."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "153"
identifier: "HB 6"
citation: "Delaware HB 6 (153)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David L. Wilson", "Edward S. Osienski", "Eric Morrison", "Laura V. Sturgeon", "Melanie Ross Levin", "Ray Seigfried", "Spiros Mantzavinos"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-15"
last_action: "2025-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8aad0c90-7ce4-4904-b130-a70953ea0ebe"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141787"
source_hash: "e4cb46b77767b3c63e9be8a54a63928632e97682a81f34733e5f480001f4776a"
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 6 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE AUDITOR OF ACCOUNTS.

This Act allows the Auditor of Accounts to issue subpoenas directly, removing a requirement that the Auditor first file a praecipe with the Superior Court prothonotary. It also allows the Auditor to effect service of such a subpoena, and to apply for a court order if a recipient fails to respond to a subpoena. Failure to comply with such a court order may be punished as contempt of court.

## Version chain

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


## Votes

- SM — **37–0** (pass) · lower
- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- David L. Wilson — primary (person)
- Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
- Eric Morrison — primary (person)
- Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
- Melanie Ross Levin — primary (person)
- Ray Seigfried — primary (person)
- Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-15** Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-22** Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-28** Passed By House. Votes: 37 YES 4 ABSENT `passage`
- **2025-01-28** Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-06-11** Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-24** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2025-06-30** 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/8aad0c90-7ce4-4904-b130-a70953ea0ebe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).