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---
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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 6 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATED TO CONSUMER CONTRACTS."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "151"
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identifier: "SB 93"
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citation: "Delaware SB 93 (151)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Debra Heffernan", "Nicole Poore", "Valerie Longhurst"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 6
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2021-06-09"
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last_action: "2021-08-04"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/85dfbd5c-1429-4560-83ff-f819c983ea1f"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=78863"
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source_hash: "9b2469053dfe533446ba631a3ae8fb39e87c996af96672af71f33cf17e6c67fa"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
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---
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# Delaware SB 93 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 6 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATED TO CONSUMER CONTRACTS.
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=78863&legislationTypeId=6&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SS1forSB93)
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## Votes
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- SM — **41–0** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Debra Heffernan — primary (person)
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- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
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- Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
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- Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
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- Bryant L. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
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- Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
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- Kevin S Hensley — cosponsor (person)
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- Kyle Evans Gay — cosponsor (person)
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- Larry Lambert — cosponsor (person)
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- Madinah Wilson-Anton — cosponsor (person)
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- Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-06-09** was introduced and adopted in lieu of SB 93 `introduction`
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- **2021-06-09** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2021-06-10** Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-06-15** Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 1 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-06-29** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
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- **2021-08-04** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/85dfbd5c-1429-4560-83ff-f819c983ea1f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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