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Bill AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 6 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ABANDONED, UNCLAIMED, OR UNSOLICITED CULTURAL PROPERTY. This bill creates an Abandoned Cultural Property Act. The act allows museums to establish title to property that has been donated or left with the museum after any loan period has terminated and the lender cannot be found. us/states/de Delaware General Assembly 149 HB 231 Delaware HB 231 (149)
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Nicole Poore
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Delaware HB 231 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 6 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ABANDONED, UNCLAIMED, OR UNSOLICITED CULTURAL PROPERTY.

This bill creates an Abandoned Cultural Property Act. The act allows museums to establish title to property that has been donated or left with the museum after any loan period has terminated and the lender cannot be found.

Version chain

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

  1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • SM — 400 (pass) · lower
  • SM — 210 (pass) · upper
  • SM — 410 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Ernesto B Lopez — primary (person)
  • Jeff N. Spiegelman — primary (person)
  • Nicole Poore — primary (person)
  • Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
  • Catherine Cloutier — cosponsor (person)
  • Daniel B. Short — cosponsor (person)
  • Joseph E. Miro — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2017-06-13 Introduced and Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance/Commerce Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
  • 2017-06-21 Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance/Commerce) in House with 10 On Its Merits committee-passage
  • 2017-07-02 Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES passage
  • 2017-07-12 Assigned to Banking, Business & Insurance Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
  • 2018-01-17 Reported Out of Committee (Banking, Business & Insurance) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits committee-passage
  • 2018-01-24 Amendment SA 1 to HB 231 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES amendment-passage
  • 2018-01-24 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
  • 2018-01-25 Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT passage
  • 2018-03-08 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/673aa878-b9ec-498b-9dc1-eef7412483a1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).