republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/151/hb-299.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 6 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PROHIBITED TRADE PRACTICES FORBIDDING DISCRIMINATION AGAINST CASH PAYMENTS BY CONSUMERS.	This Act prohibits the seller of consumer goods or services from refusing to accept cash payment, except in limited circumstances. Sales covered by this Act are those made at a retail store through an in-person transaction. The Act does not apply to sales of goods or services by electric or gas utilities, telephone, mail or internet sales, or for services provided at parking lots or garages. It creates graduated civil penalties for violations and provides consumers a private right of action to recover double damages, including consequential damages, for a second violation of the law and triple damages for subsequent violations. The Division of Consumer Protection has authority to enforce the law.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	151	HB 299	Delaware HB 299 (151)	bill		enacted	Franklin D. Cooke John "Jack" Walsh Sherry Dorsey Walker	2	11	2	2022-02-11	2022-10-07	openstates	ocd-bill/d6e24a5e-abf3-4170-a4d3-368877fd9625	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=79143	bf21df53d0b8f62eeb8f77db7d70f09688f3d45f3fb16604e0a7c3f9c6ec9172	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 299 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 6 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PROHIBITED TRADE PRACTICES FORBIDDING DISCRIMINATION AGAINST CASH PAYMENTS BY CONSUMERS.

This Act prohibits the seller of consumer goods or services from refusing to accept cash payment, except in limited circumstances. Sales covered by this Act are those made at a retail store through an in-person transaction. The Act does not apply to sales of goods or services by electric or gas utilities, telephone, mail or internet sales, or for services provided at parking lots or garages. It creates graduated civil penalties for violations and provides consumers a private right of action to recover double damages, including consequential damages, for a second violation of the law and triple damages for subsequent violations. The Division of Consumer Protection has authority to enforce the law.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source
2. HA 2 to HB 299 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 21–0 (pass) · upper
• SM — 39–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
• John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
• Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
• Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
• Eric Morrison — cosponsor (person)
• John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
• Kendra Johnson — cosponsor (person)
• Kimberly Williams — cosponsor (person)
• Krista Griffith — cosponsor (person)
• Kyle Evans Gay — cosponsor (person)
• Larry Lambert — cosponsor (person)
• Madinah Wilson-Anton — cosponsor (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
• S. Elizabeth Lockman — cosponsor (person)
• Sarah McBride — cosponsor (person)
• Stephanie T. Bolden — cosponsor (person)
• Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-02-11 Introduced and Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2022-03-09 Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce) in House with 3 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-05-19 Amendment HA 1 to HB 299 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2022-05-19 Amendment HA 2 to HB 299 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2022-05-19 Amendment HA 1 to HB 299 - Stricken in House
• 2022-05-19 Amendment HA 2 to HB 299 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2022-05-19 Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT passage
• 2022-05-19 Assigned to Banking, Business & Insurance Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2022-06-15 Reported Out of Committee (Banking, Business & Insurance) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-07-01 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2022-10-07 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d6e24a5e-abf3-4170-a4d3-368877fd9625. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).