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| Bill | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 6 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE INVESTOR PROTECTION FUND. | This bill increases the amount of funds deposited into the Investor Protection Fund from money collected by the Investor Protection Unit from $100,000 to $550,000. In addition, it increases the retention cap of the Investor Protection Fund from $300,000 to $750,000. Lastly, it expands the permissible uses of the Investor Protection Fund to include expenses of the Fraud and Consumer Protection Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ) related to consumer protection and financial fraud. | us/states/de | Delaware General Assembly | 151 | SB 259 | Delaware SB 259 (151) |
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1 | 8 | 2 | 2022-04-11 | 2022-08-04 | openstates | ocd-bill/8163bbc6-6ac2-4bb6-af5f-4004b749d3ac | https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=99342 | 35ca67091d8280aa7cc6e6e1d0f011561d214ecf6255f977abcd34d45296fa20 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Delaware SB 259 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 6 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE INVESTOR PROTECTION FUND.
This bill increases the amount of funds deposited into the Investor Protection Fund from money collected by the Investor Protection Unit from $100,000 to $550,000. In addition, it increases the retention cap of the Investor Protection Fund from $300,000 to $750,000. Lastly, it expands the permissible uses of the Investor Protection Fund to include expenses of the Fraud and Consumer Protection Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ) related to consumer protection and financial fraud.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Bill Text (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- SM — 20–0 (pass) · upper
- SM — 41–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Krista Griffith — primary (person)
- Kyle Evans Gay — primary (person)
- Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
- Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
- John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
- Kendra Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2022-04-11 Introduced and Assigned to Banking, Business & Insurance Committee in Senate
introduction, referral-committee - 2022-04-12 Re-Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate
introduction, referral-committee - 2022-06-08 Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits
committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable - 2022-06-08 Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT
passage - 2022-06-09 Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee in House
introduction, referral-committee - 2022-06-14 Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce) in House with 11 On Its Merits
committee-passage - 2022-06-29 Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES
passage - 2022-08-04 Signed by Governor
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8163bbc6-6ac2-4bb6-af5f-4004b749d3ac. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).