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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 38, TITLE 12 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE CREATION, REGULATION, OPERATION AND DISSOLUTION OF DOMESTIC STATUTORY TRUSTS."
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description: "This bill makes the following changes to Delaware Statutory Trust Act (the “Act”) to keep it current and to maintain its national preeminence. The following is a section-by-section review of the proposed amendments of the Act."
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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 194"
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citation: "Delaware SB 194 (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 J. Bushweller", "Bryon H. Short", "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: "2018-05-03"
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last_action: "2018-07-23"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/887ebba1-832d-4d91-a0ea-40d094ef99ff"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26605"
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source_hash: "edd085af1231fa3b07c9ce73b3eac182bed1a700df5b2d6ec66b27f81b21c48d"
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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 194 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 38, TITLE 12 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE CREATION, REGULATION, OPERATION AND DISSOLUTION OF DOMESTIC STATUTORY TRUSTS.
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This bill makes the following changes to Delaware Statutory Trust Act (the “Act”) to keep it current and to maintain its national preeminence. The following is a section-by-section review of the proposed amendments of the Act.
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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=26605&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB194)
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## Votes
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- 2/3 — **41–0** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **20–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Brian J. Bushweller — primary (person)
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- Bryon H. Short — primary (person)
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- Melanie George Smith — primary (person)
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- Anthony Delcollo — cosponsor (person)
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- Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
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- Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
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- Helene M. Keeley — cosponsor (person)
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- Jeff N. Spiegelman — cosponsor (person)
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- Kevin S Hensley — 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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- **2018-05-03** Introduced and Assigned to Banking, Business & Insurance Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2018-05-09** Reported Out of Committee (Banking, Business & Insurance) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2018-05-10** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 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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- **2018-06-20** Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance/Commerce) in House with 10 On Its Merits `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/887ebba1-832d-4d91-a0ea-40d094ef99ff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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