---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 10 AND 25 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MANUFACTURED HOUSING AND TENANTS’ RECEIVERSHIP PETITIONS."
description: "Section 1 of this Act makes a pattern or practice of violations by a landlord of a Manufactured Home Community of subchapters I through V of Chapter 70 of Title 25 of the Delaware Code, or a provision of a rental agreement, an unlawful practice under the Consumer Fraud Act, subchapter II, Chapter 70, of Title 25, under specified circumstances."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "153"
identifier: "SB 40"
citation: "Delaware SB 40 (153)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian Pettyjohn", "Bryan Townsend", "Bryant L. Richardson", "Claire Snyder-Hall", "Eric Morrison", "John \"Jack\" Walsh", "Laura V. Sturgeon", "Madinah Wilson-Anton", "Russell Huxtable", "William J. Carson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-10"
last_action: "2025-09-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1bd42baf-2b69-4115-9177-08f42b5db39c"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141763"
source_hash: "dc6cb2591a16d16cc38ceb5d8b52c58f2976cae227d30ed25e67b3b93eee2790"
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 40 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 10 AND 25 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MANUFACTURED HOUSING AND TENANTS’ RECEIVERSHIP PETITIONS.

Section 1 of this Act makes a pattern or practice of violations by a landlord of a Manufactured Home Community of subchapters I through V of Chapter 70 of Title 25 of the Delaware Code, or a provision of a rental agreement, an unlawful practice under the Consumer Fraud Act, subchapter II, Chapter 70, of Title 25, under specified circumstances.

## Version chain

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

1. **SA 1 to SB 40** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=141906&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)

## Votes

- SM — **18–0** (pass) · upper
- SM — **39–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
- Bryant L. Richardson — primary (person)
- Claire Snyder-Hall — primary (person)
- Eric Morrison — primary (person)
- John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
- Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
- Madinah Wilson-Anton — primary (person)
- Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
- William J. Carson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-10** Introduced and Assigned to Housing Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-11** Amendment SA 1 to SB 40 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-03-12** Reported Out of Committee (Housing & Land Use) in Senate with 6 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-12** Assigned to Finance Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-15** Reported Out of Committee (Finance) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2025-05-20** Amendment SA 1 to SB 40 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 1 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-20** Passed By Senate. Votes: 18 YES 1 NOT VOTING 2 ABSENT `passage`
- **2025-05-21** Assigned to Housing Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-06-10** Reported Out of Committee (Housing) in House with 8 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2025-06-11** Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-06-18** Reported Out of Committee (Appropriations) in House with 1 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-25** Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 1 ABSENT 1 VACANT `passage`
- **2025-09-03** 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/1bd42baf-2b69-4115-9177-08f42b5db39c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).