republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/149/sb-46.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 25 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SELF-SERVICE STORAGE FACILITIES.	This legislation modernizes Delaware's Self-Service Storage Facility Act to account for the wide proliferation of online news and auction sites, as well as to establish frameworks for: (1) towing of certain property for which rent and other charges are in default; (2) use of information contained within property sold or otherwise disposed of; and (3) contractual provisions relating to limits on the value of stored property and to late fees, as well as transparency related to both.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	149	SB 46	Delaware SB 46 (149)	bill		enacted	Bryan Townsend Trey Charles Paradee	1	13	2	2017-03-23	2017-09-14	openstates	ocd-bill/d0297b59-a1d0-41e1-ac6c-c205ff27732b	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25523	3c5a94194e34396fffaee72edfad35de8d100fc6af4d61b2b22af16f7a9bb2a2	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware SB 46 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 25 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SELF-SERVICE STORAGE FACILITIES.

This legislation modernizes Delaware's Self-Service Storage Facility Act to account for the wide proliferation of online news and auction sites, as well as to establish frameworks for: (1) towing of certain property for which rent and other charges are in default; (2) use of information contained within property sold or otherwise disposed of; and (3) contractual provisions relating to limits on the value of stored property and to late fees, as well as transparency related to both.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 37–2 (pass) · lower
• SM — 15–2 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
• Trey Charles Paradee — primary (person)
• Andria L. Bennett — cosponsor (person)
• John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
• Margaret Rose Henry — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2017-03-23 Introduced and Assigned to Banking, Business & Insurance Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2017-04-05 Reported Out of Committee (Banking, Business & Insurance) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits, 1 Unfavorable committee-passage, committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2017-04-26 Amendment SA 1 to SB 46 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2017-04-27 Amendment SA 1 to SB 46 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 18 YES 2 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT amendment-passage
• 2017-04-27 Passed By Senate. Votes: 15 YES 2 NO 3 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT passage
• 2017-04-27 Passed By Senate. Votes: 15 YES 2 NO 3 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT passage
• 2017-04-27 Passed By Senate. Votes: 15 YES 2 NO 3 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT passage
• 2017-05-02 Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance/Commerce Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2017-05-10 Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance/Commerce) in House with 10 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2017-06-07 Amendment HA 1 to SB 46 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2017-07-02 Amendment HA 1 to SB 46 - Defeated In House by Voice Vote amendment-failure
• 2017-07-02 Passed By House. Votes: 37 YES 2 NO 2 ABSENT passage
• 2017-09-14 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d0297b59-a1d0-41e1-ac6c-c205ff27732b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).