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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 10, 12, 18, AND 25 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DECEDENTS ESTATES AND FIDUCIARY RELATIONS AND PROPERTY."
description: "Section 1 of the Act addresses statutes under Chapter 49 of Title 10 and (i) amends the title of section 4915 (but makes no substantive changes to the statute); and (ii) modifies section 4916 to provide that plans similar to the Delaware College Investment Plan and the Delaware Achieving a Better Life Experience Plan, but created under the laws of other states, are similarly exempt from the execution or attachment process in Delaware."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "149"
identifier: "SB 195"
citation: "Delaware SB 195 (149)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian J. Bushweller", "Bryon H. Short", "Melanie George Smith"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-05-03"
last_action: "2018-07-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1167a307-8272-4fa8-9a61-a96010eba97b"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26606"
source_hash: "455d4ea0f3170106c8178f38e8bef3e02ba636db795cbf1a0b7f92a6495c267b"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
---
# Delaware SB 195 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 10, 12, 18, AND 25 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DECEDENTS ESTATES AND FIDUCIARY RELATIONS AND PROPERTY.
Section 1 of the Act addresses statutes under Chapter 49 of Title 10 and (i) amends the title of section 4915 (but makes no substantive changes to the statute); and (ii) modifies section 4916 to provide that plans similar to the Delaware College Investment Plan and the Delaware Achieving a Better Life Experience Plan, but created under the laws of other states, are similarly exempt from the execution or attachment process in Delaware.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=26606&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB195)
## Votes
- 2/3 — **410** (pass) · lower
- SM — **200** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Brian J. Bushweller — primary (person)
- Bryon H. Short — primary (person)
- Melanie George Smith — primary (person)
- Anthony Delcollo — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
- Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
- Helene M. Keeley — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff N. Spiegelman — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin S Hensley — cosponsor (person)
- Sean M. Lynn — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
- Trey Charles Paradee — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2018-05-03** Introduced and Assigned to Banking, Business & Insurance Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-05-09** Reported Out of Committee (Banking, Business & Insurance) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2018-05-10** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2018-05-30** Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance/Commerce Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-06-20** Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance/Commerce) in House with 10 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2018-06-30** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
- **2018-07-11** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1167a307-8272-4fa8-9a61-a96010eba97b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).