republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/149/hb-154.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 12 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CREDITORS' CLAIMS AGAINST DECEDENTS' ESTATES.	Currently, claims that arise at the death of the decedent are treated the same as claims that arise after the decedent's death. This bill changes how claims that arise at the time of decedent's death are treated by including them in the same class of claims that arise during the decedent's lifetime. By making this change, claims that arise at the death of the decedent would need to be based upon the conduct of the decedent rather than the conduct of the personal representative who, at the time of decedent's death, has not yet been appointed.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	149	HB 154	Delaware HB 154 (149)	bill		enacted	Brian J. Bushweller Bryan Townsend Bryon H. Short Melanie George Smith Sean M. Lynn Stephanie L. Hansen	1	7	2	2017-05-02	2017-08-30	openstates	ocd-bill/0f12b4ae-7b49-4ba6-987a-3559bb79d640	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25704	5c21b89adb5ce5fc9f86883ea6093b077f09e902da1ac41065b6d49d471befdd	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 154 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 12 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CREDITORS' CLAIMS AGAINST DECEDENTS' ESTATES.

Currently, claims that arise at the death of the decedent are treated the same as claims that arise after the decedent's death. This bill changes how claims that arise at the time of decedent's death are treated by including them in the same class of claims that arise during the decedent's lifetime. By making this change, claims that arise at the death of the decedent would need to be based upon the conduct of the decedent rather than the conduct of the personal representative who, at the time of decedent's death, has not yet been appointed.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 33–0 (pass) · lower
• SM — 19–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Brian J. Bushweller — primary (person)
• Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
• Bryon H. Short — primary (person)
• Melanie George Smith — primary (person)
• Sean M. Lynn — primary (person)
• Stephanie L. Hansen — primary (person)
• Anthony Delcollo — cosponsor (person)
• David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
• Helene M. Keeley — cosponsor (person)
• Michael Ramone — cosponsor (person)
• Quinton Johnson — cosponsor (person)
• Trey Charles Paradee — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-05-02 Introduced and Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance/Commerce Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2017-05-17 Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance/Commerce) in House with 8 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2017-06-15 Passed By House. Votes: 33 YES 8 ABSENT passage
• 2017-06-15 Assigned to Banking, Business & Insurance Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2017-06-21 Reported Out of Committee (Banking, Business & Insurance) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2017-07-01 Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT passage
• 2017-08-30 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0f12b4ae-7b49-4ba6-987a-3559bb79d640. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).