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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CONSUMER PROTECTION."
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description: "This Act clarifies (i) how personal jurisdiction shall be obtained over nonresident respondents in administrative proceedings brought by the Director of Consumer Protection pursuant to Section 2523, Title 29 of the Code, and (ii) the manner in which service of process may be made upon respondents in those proceedings.This Act also empowers administrative hearing officers appointed under Section 2523(b), Title 29 to issue subpoenas upon request of the parties to the administrative proceeding, in order to enable the parties to present evidence not otherwise available to them."
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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 45"
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citation: "Delaware HB 45 (149)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Helene M. Keeley", "Margaret Rose Henry"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 11
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2017-01-19"
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last_action: "2017-09-14"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6fe51f74-a3e1-437d-b064-17ee8eafc3df"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25405"
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source_hash: "b776a38e070d55e7c9f4e7ae67e686c43c9e02bc86e3d880a9cd9ac7b80e19b6"
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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 45 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CONSUMER PROTECTION.
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This Act clarifies (i) how personal jurisdiction shall be obtained over nonresident respondents in administrative proceedings brought by the Director of Consumer Protection pursuant to Section 2523, Title 29 of the Code, and (ii) the manner in which service of process may be made upon respondents in those proceedings.This Act also empowers administrative hearing officers appointed under Section 2523(b), Title 29 to issue subpoenas upon request of the parties to the administrative proceeding, in order to enable the parties to present evidence not otherwise available to them.
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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=25405&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB45)
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## Votes
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- SM — **18–0** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **38–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Helene M. Keeley — primary (person)
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- Margaret Rose Henry — primary (person)
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- Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
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- David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
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- Michael Ramone — cosponsor (person)
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- Stephanie T. Bolden — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-01-19** Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2017-04-04** Amendment HA 1 to HB 45 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2017-04-05** Amendment HA 2 to HB 45 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2017-04-05** Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 9 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2017-06-08** Amendment HA 1 to HB 45 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2017-06-08** Amendment HA 2 to HB 45 - Defeated By House. Votes: 9 YES 29 NO 3 ABSENT `amendment-failure`
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- **2017-06-08** Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 3 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2017-06-09** Assigned to Judicial & Community Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2017-06-21** Reported Out of Committee (Judicial & Community Affairs) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2017-06-22** Passed By Senate. Votes: 18 YES 3 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2017-09-14** 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/6fe51f74-a3e1-437d-b064-17ee8eafc3df`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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