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---
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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 8 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE GENERAL CORPORATION LAW."
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description: "Section 1. Section 1 of this Act amends Section 102(a)(1) to provide that the name of a corporation must be such as to distinguish it from the name of any registered series of a limited liability company."
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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 180"
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citation: "Delaware SB 180 (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", "John L. Mitchell", "Margaret Rose Henry", "Melanie George Smith"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 7
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2018-04-26"
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last_action: "2018-07-23"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a3a53fdb-5dcb-49b1-baae-ae47abe87b80"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26551"
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source_hash: "30e43252f6fac4339be88c2ff613b30414f882dd22798008d1c80e31c9be7035"
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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 180 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 8 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE GENERAL CORPORATION LAW.
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Section 1. Section 1 of this Act amends Section 102(a)(1) to provide that the name of a corporation must be such as to distinguish it from the name of any registered series of a limited liability company.
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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=26551&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB180)
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## Votes
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- 2/3 — **41–0** (pass) · lower
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- 2/3 — **20–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
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- John L. Mitchell — primary (person)
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- Margaret Rose Henry — primary (person)
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- Melanie George Smith — primary (person)
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- Anthony Delcollo — cosponsor (person)
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- Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
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- Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
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- James Johnson — cosponsor (person)
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- Jeff N. Spiegelman — cosponsor (person)
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- Sean M. Lynn — cosponsor (person)
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- Stephanie L. Hansen — 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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- **2018-04-26** Introduced and Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2018-05-09** Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2018-06-05** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2018-06-06** Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2018-06-13** Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 3 Favorable, 7 On Its Merits `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2018-06-30** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
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- **2018-07-23** 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/a3a53fdb-5dcb-49b1-baae-ae47abe87b80`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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