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---
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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 6 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ABANDONED, UNCLAIMED, OR UNSOLICITED CULTURAL PROPERTY."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "149"
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identifier: "HB 231"
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citation: "Delaware HB 231 (149)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Ernesto B Lopez", "Jeff N. Spiegelman", "Nicole Poore", "Paul S. Baumbach"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 9
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2017-06-13"
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last_action: "2018-03-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/673aa878-b9ec-498b-9dc1-eef7412483a1"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25957"
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source_hash: "58d4e5acab36093cffe4e694f88f64f036d6fd7b0b8e6a116943ab963393cf02"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
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---
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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.
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=25957&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB231)
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## Votes
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- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **41–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Ernesto B Lopez — primary (person)
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- Jeff N. Spiegelman — primary (person)
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- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
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- Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
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- Catherine Cloutier — cosponsor (person)
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- Daniel B. Short — cosponsor (person)
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- Joseph E. Miro — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-06-13** Introduced and Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance/Commerce Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2017-06-21** Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance/Commerce) in House with 10 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2017-07-02** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
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- **2017-07-12** Assigned to Banking, Business & Insurance Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2018-01-17** Reported Out of Committee (Banking, Business & Insurance) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2018-01-24** Amendment SA 1 to HB 231 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `amendment-passage`
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- **2018-01-24** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2018-01-25** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2018-03-08** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/673aa878-b9ec-498b-9dc1-eef7412483a1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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