---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 29 AND 30 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE."
description: "This Act makes several changes to the Code relating to the Department of Finance."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "152"
identifier: "HB 324"
citation: "Delaware HB 324 (152)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Paul S. Baumbach", "Sean Matthews", "Sherry Dorsey Walker"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-03-05"
last_action: "2024-08-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0d4aa80e-37b4-4bbb-9660-972972a253be"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=140980"
source_hash: "f56f8b5d7ecb5b6b53caebf0e6320d7342cfac52ac0e37b0bf849ca6eb5e8d08"
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 324 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 29 AND 30 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE.

This Act makes several changes to the Code relating to the Department of Finance.

## Version chain

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

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=140980&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB324)

## Votes

- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- SM — **33–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
- Sean Matthews — primary (person)
- Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-03-05** Introduced and Assigned to Revenue & Finance Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-12** Reported Out of Committee (Revenue & Finance) in House with 4 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-19** Passed By House. Votes: 33 YES 4 NO 4 ABSENT `passage`
- **2024-03-19** Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-17** Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-18** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2024-08-15** 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/0d4aa80e-37b4-4bbb-9660-972972a253be`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).