---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 AND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DELAWARE PRE AUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2025."
description: "This Legislation is the Delaware Pre-Authorization Reform Act of 2025."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "153"
identifier: "SB 12"
citation: "Delaware SB 12 (153)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bryan Townsend", "Bryant L. Richardson", "Claire Snyder-Hall", "Cyndie Romer", "David P. Sokola", "Eric Morrison", "John \"Jack\" Walsh", "Mara Gorman", "Melanie Ross Levin", "Nicole Poore", "Ray Seigfried", "Russell Huxtable", "Trey Paradee", "William J. Carson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 10
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-05-15"
last_action: "2025-08-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/92edf9cb-5d08-4e21-b024-ca80ec61f6dd"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=142319"
source_hash: "4ef92ea223ffafd0ce6d0ee4cef003f7bead607b1a6caa4e09092035a9f55ff2"
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 SB 12 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 AND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DELAWARE PRE AUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2025.

This Legislation is the Delaware Pre-Authorization Reform Act of 2025.

## Version chain

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

1. **SA 1 to SB 12** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=142323&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)

## Votes

- SM — **39–0** (pass) · lower
- SM — **20–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
- Bryant L. Richardson — primary (person)
- Claire Snyder-Hall — primary (person)
- Cyndie Romer — primary (person)
- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
- Eric Morrison — primary (person)
- John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
- Mara Gorman — primary (person)
- Melanie Ross Levin — primary (person)
- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
- Ray Seigfried — primary (person)
- Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
- Trey Paradee — primary (person)
- William J. Carson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-05-15** Introduced and Laid on Table in Senate `introduction`
- **2025-05-15** Suspension of Rules in Senate
- **2025-05-15** Lifted From Table in Senate
- **2025-05-15** Amendment SA 1 to SB 12 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-15** Amendment SA 1 to SB 12 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-15** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2025-05-20** Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-06-10** Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce) in House with 9 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2025-06-25** Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 1 ABSENT 1 VACANT `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/92edf9cb-5d08-4e21-b024-ca80ec61f6dd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).