republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/149/hb-432.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS INVOLVING THE TRANSFER OF STATE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUNCTIONS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE.	The Division of Small Business, Development and Tourism was created by 81 Del. Laws ch. 49 and placed in the Department of State. This enactment transferred certain responsibilities for economic development, formerly in the Delaware Department of Economic Development, to this Division.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	149	HB 432	Delaware HB 432 (149)	bill		enacted	Brian Pettyjohn Bryon H. Short Gregory F. Lavelle John Walsh Lyndon D. Yearick	1	10	2	2018-05-30	2018-08-10	openstates	ocd-bill/1e790d07-3fbb-4bde-b9c0-f8f42abbcd55	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26723	61fd8769c6fd344f9c1eeb114b551fc5e809aca3e5fb4c30ce14873172f4a876	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 432 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS INVOLVING THE TRANSFER OF STATE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUNCTIONS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE.

The Division of Small Business, Development and Tourism was created by 81 Del. Laws ch. 49 and placed in the Department of State. This enactment transferred certain responsibilities for economic development, formerly in the Delaware Department of Economic Development, to this Division.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 37–0 (pass) · lower
• SM — 20–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
• Bryon H. Short — primary (person)
• Gregory F. Lavelle — primary (person)
• John Walsh — primary (person)
• Lyndon D. Yearick — primary (person)
• David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
• Deborah Hudson — cosponsor (person)
• Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
• Gerald W. Hocker — cosponsor (person)
• Helene M. Keeley — cosponsor (person)
• Margaret Rose Henry — cosponsor (person)
• Michael Ramone — cosponsor (person)
• Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
• Stephen Smyk — cosponsor (person)
• Trey Charles Paradee — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-05-30 Introduced and Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance/Commerce Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2018-06-05 Amendment HA 1 to HB 432 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2018-06-06 Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance/Commerce) in House with 11 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2018-06-26 Amendment HA 1 to HB 432 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2018-06-26 Passed By House. Votes: 37 YES 4 ABSENT passage
• 2018-06-26 Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2018-06-27 Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2018-06-28 Rules Suspended in Senate
• 2018-06-28 Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2018-08-10 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1e790d07-3fbb-4bde-b9c0-f8f42abbcd55. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).