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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 6 AND 8 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO REQUIREMENTS FOR REGISTERED AGENTS WITH RESPECT TO ENTITIES AND ENTITY FILINGS WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE."
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description: "The purpose of this Act is to clarify that registered agents in Delaware are obligated to comply with requirements, standards, guidelines, rules, regulations, and procedures as issued by the Secretary of State on matters involving filings submitted to the Secretary on behalf of corporations, partnerships, limited partnerships, and limited liability companies. This Act will enable the Secretary of State to adopt requirements, standards, guidelines, rules, regulations, and procedures for commercial registered agents regarding verification of customer entities. This Act also clarifies that such requirements, standards, guidelines, rules, regulations, and procedures which the Secretary issues are exempt from Chapter 101, Title 29 of the Delaware Code."
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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 404"
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citation: "Delaware HB 404 (149)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bryan Townsend", "Melanie George Smith"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 12
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2018-05-03"
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last_action: "2018-07-17"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8c279a50-5232-4759-80b4-f65a2c7aea3d"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26628"
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source_hash: "c041188fc02456ab9ca4a027897a0387cac49769fe98b6ba71eb8147bb37e9aa"
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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 404 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 6 AND 8 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO REQUIREMENTS FOR REGISTERED AGENTS WITH RESPECT TO ENTITIES AND ENTITY FILINGS WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE.
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The purpose of this Act is to clarify that registered agents in Delaware are obligated to comply with requirements, standards, guidelines, rules, regulations, and procedures as issued by the Secretary of State on matters involving filings submitted to the Secretary on behalf of corporations, partnerships, limited partnerships, and limited liability companies. This Act will enable the Secretary of State to adopt requirements, standards, guidelines, rules, regulations, and procedures for commercial registered agents regarding verification of customer entities. This Act also clarifies that such requirements, standards, guidelines, rules, regulations, and procedures which the Secretary issues are exempt from Chapter 101, Title 29 of the Delaware Code.
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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=26628&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB404)
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## Votes
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- 2/3 — **40–0** (pass) · lower
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- 2/3 — **18–0** (pass) · upper
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- 2/3 — **40–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
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- Melanie George Smith — primary (person)
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- Anthony Delcollo — cosponsor (person)
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- David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-05-03** Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2018-05-09** Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 8 On Its Merits, 1 Unfavorable `committee-passage, committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2018-05-30** Amendment HA 1 to HB 404 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2018-06-12** Amendment HA 1 to HB 404 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2018-06-12** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2018-06-13** Assigned to Banking, Business & Insurance Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2018-06-21** Reported Out of Committee (Banking, Business & Insurance) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2018-06-28** Amendment SA 1 to HB 404 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2018-06-30** Amendment SA 2 to HB 404 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 NOT VOTING `amendment-passage`
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- **2018-06-30** Passed By Senate. Votes: 18 YES 3 NOT VOTING `passage`
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- **2018-07-01** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2018-07-17** 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/8c279a50-5232-4759-80b4-f65a2c7aea3d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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