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| Bill | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 6 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATED TO CONSUMER CONTRACTS. | This Act provides protections for consumers in connection with contracts with automatic renewal provisions. Multiple states have enacted laws regulating the automatic renewals of contracts, often described as "evergreen" clauses. These state laws are aimed at protecting consumers from unknowingly entering into these types of agreements by requiring that evergreen clauses be presented in a clear and conspicuous manner and that sellers of such contracts provide notice to consumers about an upcoming renewal. | us/states/de | Delaware General Assembly | 151 | SB 93 | Delaware SB 93 (151) |
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Delaware SB 93 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 6 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATED TO CONSUMER CONTRACTS.
This Act provides protections for consumers in connection with contracts with automatic renewal provisions. Multiple states have enacted laws regulating the automatic renewals of contracts, often described as "evergreen" clauses. These state laws are aimed at protecting consumers from unknowingly entering into these types of agreements by requiring that evergreen clauses be presented in a clear and conspicuous manner and that sellers of such contracts provide notice to consumers about an upcoming renewal.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Bill Text (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- SM — 41–0 (pass) · lower
- SM — 21–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Debra Heffernan — primary (person)
- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
- Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
- Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
- Bryant L. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin S Hensley — cosponsor (person)
- Kyle Evans Gay — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Lambert — cosponsor (person)
- Madinah Wilson-Anton — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2021-06-09 was introduced and adopted in lieu of SB 93
introduction - 2021-06-09 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
passage - 2021-06-10 Assigned to Administration Committee in House
introduction, referral-committee - 2021-06-15 Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 1 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits
committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable - 2021-06-29 Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES
passage - 2021-08-04 Signed by Governor
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/85dfbd5c-1429-4560-83ff-f819c983ea1f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).