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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 24 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SCRAP METAL PROCESSORS."
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description: "All three counties in Delaware have been plagued with thefts of catalytic converters, which contain precious metals having significant monetary value in the scrap metal industry. This Act adds catalytic converters to the list of items for which scrap metal processors shall create a record and provide information when acquired. Amending Section 24(b)(1) to specifically include catalytic converters as items that the industries regulated by Chapter 23 must report will enhance enforcement of this Chapter and assist law enforcement by providing a mechanism to follow-up on thefts of converters and to obtain solvability factors in the ever-growing trend associated with thefts of converters."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "151"
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identifier: "HB 296"
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citation: "Delaware HB 296 (151)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bruce C. Ennis", "John L. Mitchell", "Sherry Dorsey Walker", "William Bush", "William J. Carson"]
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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: "2022-01-27"
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last_action: "2022-04-28"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7f573ee1-be71-4681-9e25-ac632ba2b446"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=79134"
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source_hash: "9c213492a9f6fe5fbe780e6263ae9b45c2a63048a995ce8e05eb7fe339fcb5df"
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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 HB 296 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 24 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SCRAP METAL PROCESSORS.
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All three counties in Delaware have been plagued with thefts of catalytic converters, which contain precious metals having significant monetary value in the scrap metal industry. This Act adds catalytic converters to the list of items for which scrap metal processors shall create a record and provide information when acquired. Amending Section 24(b)(1) to specifically include catalytic converters as items that the industries regulated by Chapter 23 must report will enhance enforcement of this Chapter and assist law enforcement by providing a mechanism to follow-up on thefts of converters and to obtain solvability factors in the ever-growing trend associated with thefts of converters.
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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=79134&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB296)
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## Votes
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- SM — **41–0** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **20–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bruce C. Ennis — primary (person)
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- John L. Mitchell — primary (person)
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- Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
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- William Bush — primary (person)
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- William J. Carson — primary (person)
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- Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
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- Colin Bonini — cosponsor (person)
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- David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
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- Debra Heffernan — cosponsor (person)
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- Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
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- Jeffrey N. Spiegelman — cosponsor (person)
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- John "Jack" Walsh — cosponsor (person)
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- Kimberly Williams — cosponsor (person)
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- Kyle Evans Gay — cosponsor (person)
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- Lyndon D. Yearick — cosponsor (person)
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- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
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- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — cosponsor (person)
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- Ronald E. Gray — cosponsor (person)
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- Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
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- Sean M. Lynn — cosponsor (person)
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- Sean Matthews — cosponsor (person)
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- Stephanie T. Bolden — cosponsor (person)
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- Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
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- Stephen Smyk — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-01-27** Introduced and Assigned to Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2022-03-16** Reported Out of Committee (Public Safety & Homeland Security) in House with 7 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-03-22** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
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- **2022-03-22** Assigned to Corrections & Public Safety Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2022-04-05** Reported Out of Committee (Corrections & Public Safety) in Senate with 4 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-04-12** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2022-04-28** 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/7f573ee1-be71-4681-9e25-ac632ba2b446`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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