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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 12 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DECEDENTS' ESTATES AND FIDUCIARY RELATIONS."
description: "Section 1 of the Act amends section 3534 of Title 12 to include, within the class of persons who may receive notice under the statute, designated representatives under section 3339 of Title 12 (representatives under section 3547 of Title 12 already being specifically included within section 3534)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "151"
identifier: "HB 406"
citation: "Delaware HB 406 (151)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bryan Townsend", "Krista Griffith", "Kyle Evans Gay", "Sean M. Lynn", "Spiros Mantzavinos", "Stephanie L. Hansen", "William Bush"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 8
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-05-05"
last_action: "2022-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/71725b7a-bc21-4aba-9cce-109e51c02c7c"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=109447"
source_hash: "6c705793046923156738e10daf2c0162551f491bc0849dcbe4c1d5eaf98259b6"
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 406 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 12 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DECEDENTS' ESTATES AND FIDUCIARY RELATIONS.
Section 1 of the Act amends section 3534 of Title 12 to include, within the class of persons who may receive notice under the statute, designated representatives under section 3339 of Title 12 (representatives under section 3547 of Title 12 already being specifically included within section 3534).
## 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=109447&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB406)
## Votes
- 2/3 — **380** (pass) · lower
- SM — **200** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
- Krista Griffith — primary (person)
- Kyle Evans Gay — primary (person)
- Sean M. Lynn — primary (person)
- Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
- Stephanie L. Hansen — primary (person)
- William Bush — primary (person)
- Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
- David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- John "Jack" Walsh — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-05-05** Introduced and Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-05-17** Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce) in House with 2 Favorable, 10 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-18** Suspension of Rules in House
- **2022-05-19** Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 3 ABSENT `passage`
- **2022-05-19** Assigned to Banking, Business & Insurance Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-08** Reported Out of Committee (Banking, Business & Insurance) in Senate with 6 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2022-06-21** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2022-06-30** 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/71725b7a-bc21-4aba-9cce-109e51c02c7c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).