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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE LAWS OF DELAWARE AND TITLE 4, TITLE 6, TITLE 10, TITLE 11, TITLE 15, TITLE 16, TITLE 19, TITLE 24, TITLE 25, AND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS."
description: "In January 2019, the Code Revisors provided the General Assembly with a list of potential technical corrections that they identified as they revised the Delaware Code to reflect legislation that was enacted by the 149th General Assembly in 2018 or as they reviewed titles of the Code. While technical in nature, these changes are beyond the authority of the Code Revisors to make and can only be done by the General Assembly through legislation. This Act also includes technical corrections identified outside of the list provided by the Code Revisors."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "150"
identifier: "SB 156"
citation: "Delaware SB 156 (150)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David B. McBride", "Peter C. Schwartzkopf"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 9
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-06-13"
last_action: "2019-07-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/39231447-7ff3-4a2a-8f69-ff792fe75ed5"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=47711"
source_hash: "abb34e045e3f404a6c0dbc8f9680ba5b9eaf8bff94387444b8b3179fb2e90195"
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 156 (150) — AN ACT TO AMEND THE LAWS OF DELAWARE AND TITLE 4, TITLE 6, TITLE 10, TITLE 11, TITLE 15, TITLE 16, TITLE 19, TITLE 24, TITLE 25, AND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.
In January 2019, the Code Revisors provided the General Assembly with a list of potential technical corrections that they identified as they revised the Delaware Code to reflect legislation that was enacted by the 149th General Assembly in 2018 or as they reviewed titles of the Code. While technical in nature, these changes are beyond the authority of the Code Revisors to make and can only be done by the General Assembly through legislation. This Act also includes technical corrections identified outside of the list provided by the Code Revisors.
## 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=47711&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB156)
2. **SA 1 to SB 156** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=47740&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
## Votes
- 3/4 — **410** (pass) · lower
- 3/4 — **190** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- David B. McBride — primary (person)
- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
- Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
- Catherine Cloutier — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel B. Short — cosponsor (person)
- Gerald W. Hocker — cosponsor (person)
- John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
- Nicole Poore — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy D. Dukes — cosponsor (person)
- Valerie Longhurst — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-06-13** Introduced and Laid on Table in Senate `introduction`
- **2019-06-14** Amendment SA 1 was Introduced in Senate `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-06-18** Suspension of Rules in Senate
- **2019-06-18** Amendment SA 1 to SB 156 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT `amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-18** Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT `passage`
- **2019-06-19** Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-06-26** Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2019-06-30** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
- **2019-07-23** 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/39231447-7ff3-4a2a-8f69-ff792fe75ed5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).