republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/151/hb-5.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 25 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO RENT INCREASE DISPUTE RESOLUTION.	If a community owner proposes a rent increase that exceeds the Consumer Price Index For All Urban Consumers in the Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City area (CPI-U), then the Delaware Manufactured Home relocation Authority is mandated to hold a final meeting between the community owner and the affected homeowners, and the homeowners’ association to discuss the reasons for the proposed increase. This Act allows the following to attend the final meeting: (1) the homeowners’ designee; (2) the homeowner’s attorney; (3) The attorney for the homeowners’ association; (4) A representative from the Delaware Manufactured Home Owners Association; and (5) Elected Delaware officials.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	151	HB 5	Delaware HB 5 (151)	bill		enacted	John "Jack" Walsh Kimberly Williams William J. Carson	2	9	2	2021-03-09	2021-09-15	openstates	ocd-bill/dd60c3d2-a532-477d-afc1-ea7acf44f2e3	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=48438	77e84715990150a22c86599b6365d91b67d452a424807d3b8f08c9c17995ff7b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 5 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 25 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO RENT INCREASE DISPUTE RESOLUTION.

If a community owner proposes a rent increase that exceeds the Consumer Price Index For All Urban Consumers in the Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City area (CPI-U), then the Delaware Manufactured Home relocation Authority is mandated to hold a final meeting between the community owner and the affected homeowners, and the homeowners’ association to discuss the reasons for the proposed increase. This Act allows the following to attend the final meeting: (1) the homeowners’ designee; (2) the homeowner’s attorney; (3) The attorney for the homeowners’ association; (4) A representative from the Delaware Manufactured Home Owners Association; and (5) Elected Delaware officials.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source
2. HA 1 to HB 5 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 34–7 (pass) · lower
• SM — 18–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
• Kimberly Williams — primary (person)
• William J. Carson — primary (person)
• Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
• Dave G. Lawson — cosponsor (person)
• David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
• Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
• Eric Morrison — cosponsor (person)
• Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
• John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
• John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
• Kendra Johnson — cosponsor (person)
• Larry Lambert — cosponsor (person)
• Madinah Wilson-Anton — cosponsor (person)
• Marie Pinkney — cosponsor (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
• Sean M. Lynn — cosponsor (person)
• Valerie Longhurst — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-03-09 Introduced and Assigned to Manufactured Housing Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-03-30 Amendment HA 1 to HB 5 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2021-04-01 Reported Out of Committee (Manufactured Housing) in House with 4 Favorable committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-04-29 Amendment HA 1 to HB 5 - Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 NO amendment-passage
• 2021-04-29 Passed By House. Votes: 34 YES 7 NO passage
• 2021-04-29 Assigned to Housing Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-06-09 Reported Out of Committee (Housing) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2021-06-30 Passed By Senate. Votes: 18 YES 1 NO 1 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT passage
• 2021-09-15 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/dd60c3d2-a532-477d-afc1-ea7acf44f2e3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).