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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 12 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO RESTRICTED ACCESS TO SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES FOR RETRIEVAL OF DECEDENTS LAST WILL AND DECLARATION OF LAST REMAINS."
description: "This Act amends Delawares probate code by adding a new section to provide restricted access to a decedents safe deposit box located in a financial institution and held in the decedents sole name, for the limited purpose of retrieving the decedents last will and declaration of last remains."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "150"
identifier: "HB 335"
citation: "Delaware HB 335 (150)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anthony Delcollo", "Bryan Townsend", "David P. Sokola", "Jeffrey N. Spiegelman", "Kevin S Hensley", "Krista Griffith", "Michael Ramone", "Sean M. Lynn", "Sherry Dorsey Walker", "Stephanie L. Hansen", "Trey Paradee", "William Bush"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 6
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-05-22"
last_action: "2020-08-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8a57e103-bb98-4547-a04a-def7c5145fa0"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=48098"
source_hash: "528b8ffc48a10900e0c9eb7086bca1e89ddd8b3b341fa2edf25777e56543d089"
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 HB 335 (150) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 12 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO RESTRICTED ACCESS TO SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES FOR RETRIEVAL OF DECEDENTS LAST WILL AND DECLARATION OF LAST REMAINS.
This Act amends Delawares probate code by adding a new section to provide restricted access to a decedents safe deposit box located in a financial institution and held in the decedents sole name, for the limited purpose of retrieving the decedents last will and declaration of last remains.
## 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=48098&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB335)
## Votes
- SM — **210** (pass) · upper
- 2/3 — **410** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Anthony Delcollo — primary (person)
- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
- Jeffrey N. Spiegelman — primary (person)
- Kevin S Hensley — primary (person)
- Krista Griffith — primary (person)
- Michael Ramone — primary (person)
- Sean M. Lynn — primary (person)
- Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
- Stephanie L. Hansen — primary (person)
- Trey Paradee — primary (person)
- William Bush — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-05-22** Introduced and Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-06-04** Suspension of Rules in House
- **2020-06-11** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
- **2020-06-16** Suspension of Rules in Senate
- **2020-06-16** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2020-08-25** 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/8a57e103-bb98-4547-a04a-def7c5145fa0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).