---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 9 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SUBPOENA POWER."
description: "This Act is a substitute bill for Senate Bill No. 230 and differs from Senate Bill No. 230 by removing the language related to Section 284 of the Delaware General Corporation Law."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "153"
identifier: "SB 230"
citation: "Delaware SB 230 (153)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian Pettyjohn", "Bryan Townsend", "Bryant L. Richardson", "Claire Snyder-Hall", "Cyndie Romer", "Eric Morrison", "John \"Jack\" Walsh", "Josue O Ortega", "Kerri Evelyn Harris", "Mara Gorman", "Russell Huxtable", "Sarah McBride", "Spiros Mantzavinos", "Trey Paradee"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-22"
last_action: "2026-03-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a97fcc52-1e7d-446b-a4c7-090330a54016"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=142805"
source_hash: "02864cb53032dc1ff63a79c6946866172cf38eaae0c427a047c2645f58c482d8"
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 230 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 9 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SUBPOENA POWER.

This Act is a substitute bill for Senate Bill No. 230 and differs from Senate Bill No. 230 by removing the language related to Section 284 of the Delaware General Corporation Law.

## Version chain

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

1. **HA 1 to SS 1 for SB 230** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=142895&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
2. **SA 1 to SS 1 for SB 230** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=142807&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)

## Votes

- SM — **15–1** (pass) · upper
- SM — **37–0** (pass) · lower
- SM — **16–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
- Bryant L. Richardson — primary (person)
- Claire Snyder-Hall — primary (person)
- Cyndie Romer — primary (person)
- Eric Morrison — primary (person)
- John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
- Josue O Ortega — primary (person)
- Kerri Evelyn Harris — primary (person)
- Mara Gorman — primary (person)
- Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
- Sarah McBride — primary (person)
- Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
- Trey Paradee — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-22** was introduced and adopted in lieu of SB 230 `introduction`
- **2026-01-22** Amendment SA 1 to SS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-01-22** Amendment SA 1 to SS 1 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `amendment-passage`
- **2026-01-22** Passed By Senate. Votes: 15 YES 1 NO 4 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2026-01-22** Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-28** Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-05** Amendment HA 1 to SS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-03-10** Amendment HA 1 to SS 1 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2026-03-10** Passed By House. Votes: 37 YES 4 ABSENT `passage`
- **2026-03-11** Passed By Senate. Votes: 16 YES 1 NO 3 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2026-03-12** 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/a97fcc52-1e7d-446b-a4c7-090330a54016`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).