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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 25 OF THE CODE RELATING TO THE RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD-TENANT CODE AND MANUFACTURED HOME AND MANUFACTURED HOME COMMUNITIES ACT."
description: "This bill extends protections to homeowners in manufactured home communities even if their homes do not qualify as “manufactured homes” under the current definition of manufactured home. Currently there exists a population of Delawareans living in camper trailers on rented land. Due to this unique living situation these individuals are not protected under the landlord-tenant code or our state's manufactured housing laws. This act remedies this inequality for Delawareans who have lived in this situation for at least 5 years. Currently there exists a population of Delawareans living in camper trailers on rented land. Due to this unique living situation these individuals are not protected under the landlord-tenant code or our State's manufactured housing laws. This Act remedies this inequality for Delawareans who have lived in this situation for at least 5 years."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "151"
identifier: "HB 374"
citation: "Delaware HB 374 (151)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bruce C. Ennis", "Madinah Wilson-Anton"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-04-05"
last_action: "2022-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6714e228-4eb2-4767-a438-0811c678d99a"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=99319"
source_hash: "aabeeabadead61b92778bfdfe7bde0948db2995ba4963ba2820b64c3469a86e2"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
---
# Delaware HB 374 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 25 OF THE CODE RELATING TO THE RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD-TENANT CODE AND MANUFACTURED HOME AND MANUFACTURED HOME COMMUNITIES ACT.
This bill extends protections to homeowners in manufactured home communities even if their homes do not qualify as “manufactured homes” under the current definition of manufactured home. Currently there exists a population of Delawareans living in camper trailers on rented land. Due to this unique living situation these individuals are not protected under the landlord-tenant code or our state's manufactured housing laws. This act remedies this inequality for Delawareans who have lived in this situation for at least 5 years. Currently there exists a population of Delawareans living in camper trailers on rented land. Due to this unique living situation these individuals are not protected under the landlord-tenant code or our State's manufactured housing laws. This Act remedies this inequality for Delawareans who have lived in this situation for at least 5 years.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=99319&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB374)
2. **HA 1 to HB 374** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=129800&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
3. **SA 1 to HB 374** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=129864&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
## Votes
- SM — **2515** (pass) · lower
- SM — **155** (pass) · upper
- SM — **2615** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Bruce C. Ennis — primary (person)
- Madinah Wilson-Anton — primary (person)
- John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-04-05** Introduced and Assigned to Manufactured Housing Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-12** Reported Out of Committee (Manufactured Housing) in House with 1 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-21** Amendment HA 1 to HB 374 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2022-06-21** Passed By House. Votes: 25 YES 15 NO 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2022-06-21** Assigned to Housing Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-29** Reported Out of Committee (Housing) in Senate with 6 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2022-06-29** Amendment SA 1 to HB 374 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-06-29** Amendment SA 1 to HB 374 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 1 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT `amendment-passage`
- **2022-06-29** Passed By Senate. Votes: 15 YES 5 NO 1 NOT VOTING `passage`
- **2022-06-30** Passed By House. Votes: 26 YES 15 NO `passage`
- **2022-07-22** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6714e228-4eb2-4767-a438-0811c678d99a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).