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Bill AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 20 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO NOTARIZATION. Under the Governors Eleventh Modification of the COVID-19 State of Emergency Declaration, and continuing upon passage of Senate Bill No. 247, remote notarization and witnessing by Delaware attorneys via audio-visual technology has been permitted. This provision is currently set to sunset on June 30, 2021. This Act extends the provision through June 30, 2022. us/states/de Delaware General Assembly 151 HB 216 Delaware HB 216 (151)
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Delaware HB 216 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 20 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO NOTARIZATION.

Under the Governors Eleventh Modification of the COVID-19 State of Emergency Declaration, and continuing upon passage of Senate Bill No. 247, remote notarization and witnessing by Delaware attorneys via audio-visual technology has been permitted. This provision is currently set to sunset on June 30, 2021. This Act extends the provision through June 30, 2022.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

  1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • 2/3 — 410 (pass) · lower
  • 2/3 — 210 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Sean Matthews — primary (person)
  • Stephanie L. Hansen — primary (person)
  • Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
  • Eric Morrison — cosponsor (person)
  • John "Jack" Walsh — cosponsor (person)
  • Kendra Johnson — cosponsor (person)
  • Kimberly Williams — cosponsor (person)
  • Krista Griffith — cosponsor (person)
  • Nicole Poore — cosponsor (person)
  • Ronald E. Gray — cosponsor (person)
  • Sean M. Lynn — cosponsor (person)
  • Trey Paradee — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

  • 2021-06-03 Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
  • 2021-06-15 Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 1 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-06-18 Suspension of Rules in House
  • 2021-06-22 Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES passage
  • 2021-06-22 Assigned to Banking, Business & Insurance Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
  • 2021-06-25 Re-Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
  • 2021-06-30 Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-06-30 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
  • 2021-06-30 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/73da0af2-5614-4353-8c25-6c7fb8738ba3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).