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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 12 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO JOINTLY HELD REAL-ESTATE AFFIDAVITS AND FILING AT THE REGISTER OF WILLS."
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description: "This Act makes it easier to properly clear title to real property after a person dies if the person held real property jointly with the right of survivorship. With more frequency, a deceased person may die as a resident in a county that is different from the county in which the deceased owned real property. This Act provides relief to those who are the surviving joint owner of a person who died in a county that is different than the county where the real property is located. The surviving joint owner of real property may not have anything to do with the deceased person’s estate, or the probate of it, making it difficult for the surviving joint owner to obtain exemplified copies from different states or countries, which results in the loss of valuable time and money to the surviving joint owner."
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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 337"
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citation: "Delaware HB 337 (151)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bryan Townsend", "Krista Griffith", "Kyle Evans Gay", "Sean M. Lynn", "Sherry Dorsey Walker", "Spiros Mantzavinos", "Stephanie L. Hansen", "William Bush"]
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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: "2022-03-15"
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last_action: "2022-10-26"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d0d42028-e451-400c-bee5-a82af423f74d"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=79231"
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source_hash: "d504fe9b089d193ac18131344af0c83efad46bb7d5ac690416e913f9397024eb"
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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 337 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 12 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO JOINTLY HELD REAL-ESTATE AFFIDAVITS AND FILING AT THE REGISTER OF WILLS.
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This Act makes it easier to properly clear title to real property after a person dies if the person held real property jointly with the right of survivorship. With more frequency, a deceased person may die as a resident in a county that is different from the county in which the deceased owned real property. This Act provides relief to those who are the surviving joint owner of a person who died in a county that is different than the county where the real property is located. The surviving joint owner of real property may not have anything to do with the deceased person’s estate, or the probate of it, making it difficult for the surviving joint owner to obtain exemplified copies from different states or countries, which results in the loss of valuable time and money to the surviving joint owner.
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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=79231&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB337)
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## Votes
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- 3/5 — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **39–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
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- Krista Griffith — primary (person)
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- Kyle Evans Gay — primary (person)
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- Sean M. Lynn — primary (person)
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- Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
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- Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
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- Stephanie L. Hansen — primary (person)
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- William Bush — primary (person)
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- Jeffrey N. Spiegelman — cosponsor (person)
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- John "Jack" Walsh — cosponsor (person)
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- Kevin S Hensley — cosponsor (person)
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- Michael F. Smith — cosponsor (person)
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- Michael Ramone — cosponsor (person)
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- Stephen Smyk — cosponsor (person)
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- Trey Paradee — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-03-15** Introduced and Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2022-04-05** Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce) in House with 3 Favorable, 7 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-04-14** Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2022-04-14** Assigned to Banking, Business & Insurance Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2022-05-11** Reported Out of Committee (Banking, Business & Insurance) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2022-06-28** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2022-10-26** 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/d0d42028-e451-400c-bee5-a82af423f74d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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