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| Bill | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 12 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE REGISTER OF WILLS. | Under current law, a person may deposit, for a fee, an original will with the Register of Wills in New Castle County for safekeeping. The person is not required to be a resident of New Castle County, but only the New Castle County Register of Wills is authorized to store original wills. | us/states/de | Delaware General Assembly | 149 | SB 238 | Delaware SB 238 (149) |
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Delaware SB 238 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 12 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE REGISTER OF WILLS.
Under current law, a person may deposit, for a fee, an original will with the Register of Wills in New Castle County for safekeeping. The person is not required to be a resident of New Castle County, but only the New Castle County Register of Wills is authorized to store original wills.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Bill Text (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- SM — 40–0 (pass) · lower
- SM — 19–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
- Bryant L. Richardson — primary (person)
- David L. Wilson — primary (person)
- Gerald W. Hocker — cosponsor (person)
- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2018-06-09 Introduced and Assigned to Judicial & Community Affairs Committee in Senate
introduction, referral-committee - 2018-06-12 Amendment SA 1 to SB 238 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
amendment-introduction - 2018-06-13 Reported Out of Committee (Judicial & Community Affairs) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits
committee-passage - 2018-06-19 Amendment SA 1 to SB 238 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT
amendment-passage - 2018-06-19 Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT
passage - 2018-06-20 Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance/Commerce Committee in House
introduction, referral-committee - 2018-06-27 Re-Assigned to Administration Committee in House
introduction, referral-committee - 2018-06-27 Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 1 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits
committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage - 2018-06-30 Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT
passage - 2018-07-23 Signed by Governor
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f91a15a3-5d53-463d-9d45-4f1603b50590. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).