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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 8 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE GENERAL CORPORATION LAW."
description: "Section 1. Section 1 of this Act amends Section 108(b) to clarify that notice of an initial organization meeting may be given in writing or by electronic transmission. The amendments also eliminate the express requirement that a waiver of that notice be signed, to clarify that notice may be waived in any manner permitted by Section 229. Section 108(c) is being amended to clarify that a consent of incorporator may become effective in the future in the same manner that a consent of directors may become effective in the future under Section 141(f)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "150"
identifier: "SB 88"
citation: "Delaware SB 88 (150)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anthony Delcollo", "Bryan Townsend", "Darius J. Brown", "Krista Griffith", "Sean M. Lynn", "Stephanie L. Hansen", "William Bush"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-05-09"
last_action: "2019-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5da3960b-2a18-4655-9b5a-b2e7b4a767ea"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=47446"
source_hash: "97c5b95df2a96741e7f92b9ff06403556c4c594b6fbd42355012542a948d536b"
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 88 (150) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 8 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE GENERAL CORPORATION LAW.
Section 1. Section 1 of this Act amends Section 108(b) to clarify that notice of an initial organization meeting may be given in writing or by electronic transmission. The amendments also eliminate the express requirement that a waiver of that notice be signed, to clarify that notice may be waived in any manner permitted by Section 229. Section 108(c) is being amended to clarify that a consent of incorporator may become effective in the future in the same manner that a consent of directors may become effective in the future under Section 141(f).
## 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=47446&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB88)
## Votes
- 2/3 — **400** (pass) · lower
- 2/3 — **190** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Anthony Delcollo — primary (person)
- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
- Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
- Krista Griffith — primary (person)
- Sean M. Lynn — primary (person)
- Stephanie L. Hansen — primary (person)
- William Bush — primary (person)
- Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrey N. Spiegelman — cosponsor (person)
- John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
- Stephen Smyk — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-05-09** Introduced and Assigned to Judicial Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-15** Reported Out of Committee (Judicial) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2019-06-04** Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT `passage`
- **2019-06-05** Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-06-12** Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 7 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2019-06-13** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2019-06-19** 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/5da3960b-2a18-4655-9b5a-b2e7b4a767ea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).