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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 25 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SELF-SERVICE STORAGE FACILITIES."
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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."
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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 46"
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citation: "Delaware SB 46 (149)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bryan Townsend", "Trey Charles Paradee"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 13
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2017-03-23"
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last_action: "2017-09-14"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d0297b59-a1d0-41e1-ac6c-c205ff27732b"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25523"
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source_hash: "3c5a94194e34396fffaee72edfad35de8d100fc6af4d61b2b22af16f7a9bb2a2"
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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 46 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 25 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SELF-SERVICE STORAGE FACILITIES.
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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.
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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=25523&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB46)
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## Votes
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- SM — **37–2** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **15–2** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
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- Trey Charles Paradee — primary (person)
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- Andria L. Bennett — cosponsor (person)
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- John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
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- Margaret Rose Henry — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-03-23** Introduced and Assigned to Banking, Business & Insurance Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2017-04-05** Reported Out of Committee (Banking, Business & Insurance) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits, 1 Unfavorable `committee-passage, committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2017-04-26** Amendment SA 1 to SB 46 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2017-04-27** Amendment SA 1 to SB 46 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 18 YES 2 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT `amendment-passage`
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- **2017-04-27** Passed By Senate. Votes: 15 YES 2 NO 3 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2017-04-27** Passed By Senate. Votes: 15 YES 2 NO 3 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2017-04-27** Passed By Senate. Votes: 15 YES 2 NO 3 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2017-05-02** Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance/Commerce Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2017-05-10** Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance/Commerce) in House with 10 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2017-06-07** Amendment HA 1 to SB 46 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2017-07-02** Amendment HA 1 to SB 46 - Defeated In House by Voice Vote `amendment-failure`
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- **2017-07-02** Passed By House. Votes: 37 YES 2 NO 2 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2017-09-14** 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/d0297b59-a1d0-41e1-ac6c-c205ff27732b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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