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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 12 AND 25 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ABANDONED OR UNCLAIMED PROPERTY."
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description: "This Act continues the reforms enacted over the past 4 years by restructuring Chapter 11 of Title 12, and adopting in substance many provisions from the 2016 Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act promulgated by the Uniform Law Commission. In addition, this Act adopts certain recommendations from the Delaware Unclaimed Property Task Force formed under Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 59 of the 147th General Assembly, and makes significant changes to the State’s unclaimed property law to bring greater predictability, efficiency, and fairness to the State's unclaimed property reporting process and compliance initiatives."
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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: "SB 13"
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citation: "Delaware SB 13 (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", "Bryon H. Short"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 9
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2017-01-12"
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last_action: "2017-02-02"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/89060024-02d1-4094-9614-bcfa1c1a8273"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25389"
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source_hash: "c1b5972d6a3bc1382480916eb840e1ea292f23c20e605145e4baa82ef757aa26"
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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 SB 13 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 12 AND 25 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ABANDONED OR UNCLAIMED PROPERTY.
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This Act continues the reforms enacted over the past 4 years by restructuring Chapter 11 of Title 12, and adopting in substance many provisions from the 2016 Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act promulgated by the Uniform Law Commission. In addition, this Act adopts certain recommendations from the Delaware Unclaimed Property Task Force formed under Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 59 of the 147th General Assembly, and makes significant changes to the State’s unclaimed property law to bring greater predictability, efficiency, and fairness to the State's unclaimed property reporting process and compliance initiatives.
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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=25389&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB13)
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## Votes
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- SM — **19–0** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
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- Bryon H. Short — primary (person)
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- Daniel B. Short — cosponsor (person)
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- David B. McBride — cosponsor (person)
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- Deborah Hudson — cosponsor (person)
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- Ernesto B Lopez — cosponsor (person)
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- F. Gary Simpson — cosponsor (person)
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- Gregory F. Lavelle — cosponsor (person)
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- John J. Viola — cosponsor (person)
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- Margaret Rose Henry — cosponsor (person)
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- Nicole Poore — cosponsor (person)
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- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — cosponsor (person)
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- Valerie Longhurst — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-01-12** Introduced and Assigned to Banking, Business & Insurance Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-18** Reported Out of Committee (Banking, Business & Insurance) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2017-01-19** Amendment SA 1 to SB 13 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2017-01-19** Amendment SA 1 to SB 13 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 18 YES 2 ABSENT `amendment-passage`
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- **2017-01-19** Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2017-01-24** Assigned to House Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-25** Reported Out of Committee (House Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2017-01-26** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2017-02-02** 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/89060024-02d1-4094-9614-bcfa1c1a8273`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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