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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 6 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO COMMERCE AND TRADE."
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description: "The Act made changes to motor vehicle franchising practices, by doing the following:"
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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 159"
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citation: "Delaware SB 159 (149)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Brian Pettyjohn", "David B. McBride", "Peter C. Schwartzkopf"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 6
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2018-05-02"
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last_action: "2018-06-30"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7e79a08e-6425-4eed-acd9-6463559fb70b"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26621"
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source_hash: "939338619894c0df194b489b48b776dc4ea1cff858faae9ff0eb000bd022c3ea"
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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 159 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 6 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO COMMERCE AND TRADE.
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The Act made changes to motor vehicle franchising practices, by doing the following:
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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=26621&legislationTypeId=6&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SS1)
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## Votes
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- SM — **40–1** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **18–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
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- David B. McBride — primary (person)
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- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
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- Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
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- Bryon H. Short — cosponsor (person)
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- Colin Bonini — cosponsor (person)
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- Daniel B. Short — cosponsor (person)
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- Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
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- Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
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- Gerald W. Hocker — cosponsor (person)
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- Jeff N. Spiegelman — cosponsor (person)
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- John Walsh — cosponsor (person)
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- Kevin S Hensley — cosponsor (person)
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- Lyndon D. Yearick — cosponsor (person)
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- Margaret Rose Henry — cosponsor (person)
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- Michael Mulrooney — cosponsor (person)
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- Michael Ramone — cosponsor (person)
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- Nicole Poore — cosponsor (person)
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- Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
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- Sean M. Lynn — cosponsor (person)
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- Stephen Smyk — cosponsor (person)
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- Trey Charles Paradee — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-05-02** was introduced and adopted in lieu of SB 159 `introduction`
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- **2018-05-10** Passed By Senate. Votes: 18 YES 2 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2018-05-30** Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance/Commerce Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2018-06-06** Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance/Commerce) in House with 12 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2018-06-19** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 NO `passage`
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- **2018-06-30** 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/7e79a08e-6425-4eed-acd9-6463559fb70b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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