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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 6 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PROHIBITED TRADE PRACTICES FORBIDDING DISCRIMINATION AGAINST CASH PAYMENTS BY CONSUMERS."
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description: "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."
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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 299"
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citation: "Delaware HB 299 (151)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Franklin D. Cooke", "John \"Jack\" Walsh", "Sherry Dorsey Walker"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 11
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2022-02-11"
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last_action: "2022-10-07"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d6e24a5e-abf3-4170-a4d3-368877fd9625"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=79143"
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source_hash: "bf21df53d0b8f62eeb8f77db7d70f09688f3d45f3fb16604e0a7c3f9c6ec9172"
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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 299 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 6 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PROHIBITED TRADE PRACTICES FORBIDDING DISCRIMINATION AGAINST CASH PAYMENTS BY CONSUMERS.
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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.
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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=79143&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB299)
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2. **HA 2 to HB 299** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=109556&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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## Votes
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- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **39–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
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- John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
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- Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
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- Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
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- Eric Morrison — cosponsor (person)
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- John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
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- Kendra Johnson — cosponsor (person)
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- Kimberly Williams — cosponsor (person)
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- Krista Griffith — cosponsor (person)
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- Kyle Evans Gay — cosponsor (person)
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- Larry Lambert — cosponsor (person)
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- Madinah Wilson-Anton — cosponsor (person)
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- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
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- S. Elizabeth Lockman — cosponsor (person)
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- Sarah McBride — cosponsor (person)
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- Stephanie T. Bolden — cosponsor (person)
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- Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-02-11** Introduced and Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **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`
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- **2022-05-19** Amendment HA 1 to HB 299 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2022-05-19** Amendment HA 2 to HB 299 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2022-05-19** Amendment HA 1 to HB 299 - Stricken in House
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- **2022-05-19** Amendment HA 2 to HB 299 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2022-05-19** Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2022-05-19** Assigned to Banking, Business & Insurance Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2022-06-15** Reported Out of Committee (Banking, Business & Insurance) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-07-01** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2022-10-07** 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/d6e24a5e-abf3-4170-a4d3-368877fd9625`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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