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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 25 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE SATISFACTION AND PARTIAL RELEASE OF MORTGAGES."
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description: "This Act will allow a retired Delaware attorney to satisfy a mortgage that the attorney paid off while in practice. Currently only attorneys still in active practice are permitted to satisfy mortgages under Section 2120. This limitation can leave no practicable way to satisfy a mortgage for which the lender fails to record a satisfaction as required by State law if the attorney who paid off the mortgage subsequently retires. This Act will also expand the scope of Section 2120 to include partial releases of a mortgage where a Delaware attorney made a partial payment to release a portion of the mortgaged property."
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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 52"
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citation: "Delaware SB 52 (149)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Anthony Delcollo", "Brian J. Bushweller", "Bryan Townsend", "Bryon H. Short", "Kevin S Hensley", "Melanie George Smith", "Sean M. Lynn", "Stephanie L. Hansen"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 7
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2017-03-30"
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last_action: "2017-09-29"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/658b338d-6e02-402c-9be1-9afe9850d509"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25568"
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source_hash: "e68eefa5ba5f7fe1afbb736777c4df94c5a987524ff9b245ec817d99b5ea2da8"
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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 52 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 25 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE SATISFACTION AND PARTIAL RELEASE OF MORTGAGES.
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This Act will allow a retired Delaware attorney to satisfy a mortgage that the attorney paid off while in practice. Currently only attorneys still in active practice are permitted to satisfy mortgages under Section 2120. This limitation can leave no practicable way to satisfy a mortgage for which the lender fails to record a satisfaction as required by State law if the attorney who paid off the mortgage subsequently retires. This Act will also expand the scope of Section 2120 to include partial releases of a mortgage where a Delaware attorney made a partial payment to release a portion of the mortgaged property.
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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=25568&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB52)
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## Votes
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- SM — **17–0** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **41–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Anthony Delcollo — primary (person)
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- Brian J. Bushweller — primary (person)
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- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
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- Bryon H. Short — primary (person)
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- Kevin S Hensley — primary (person)
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- Melanie George Smith — primary (person)
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- Sean M. Lynn — primary (person)
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- Stephanie L. Hansen — primary (person)
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- David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
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- Helene M. Keeley — cosponsor (person)
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- Michael Ramone — cosponsor (person)
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- Quinton Johnson — cosponsor (person)
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- Trey Charles Paradee — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-03-30** 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 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2017-04-25** Passed By Senate. Votes: 17 YES 4 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2017-04-26** Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance/Commerce Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2017-05-03** Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance/Commerce) in House with 10 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2017-06-30** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
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- **2017-09-29** 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/658b338d-6e02-402c-9be1-9afe9850d509`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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