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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 25 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SELF-SERVICE STORAGE FACILITIES."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "149"
identifier: "SB 46"
citation: "Delaware SB 46 (149)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bryan Townsend", "Trey Charles Paradee"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-23"
last_action: "2017-09-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d0297b59-a1d0-41e1-ac6c-c205ff27732b"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25523"
source_hash: "3c5a94194e34396fffaee72edfad35de8d100fc6af4d61b2b22af16f7a9bb2a2"
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 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](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=25523&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB46)
## Votes
- SM — **372** (pass) · lower
- SM — **152** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d0297b59-a1d0-41e1-ac6c-c205ff27732b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).