republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/152/hb-280.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 11 AND 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CIVIL ASSET FORFEITURE.	This Act makes several changes to the civil asset forfeiture proceedings of this state.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	152	HB 280	Delaware HB 280 (152)	bill		enacted	Bryan Townsend Cyndie Romer David L. Wilson David P. Sokola Edward S. Osienski Eric Morrison Franklin D. Cooke John "Jack" Walsh Kendra Johnson Kimberly Williams Laura V. Sturgeon Madinah Wilson-Anton Nicole Poore Paul S. Baumbach Peter C. Schwartzkopf Russell Huxtable S. Elizabeth Lockman Spiros Mantzavinos Trey Paradee Valerie Longhurst William Bush	2	13	2	2024-05-09	2024-08-29	openstates	ocd-bill/5282c85a-c87c-4d9a-ab61-a28eb97e3cd6	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141107	3317b3d139463edb35c2b833aa167448c05b401655b906e69860b01257628e23	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 280 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 11 AND 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CIVIL ASSET FORFEITURE.

This Act makes several changes to the civil asset forfeiture proceedings of this state.

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 280 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 39–0 (pass) · lower
• 3/5 — 21–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
• Cyndie Romer — primary (person)
• David L. Wilson — primary (person)
• David P. Sokola — primary (person)
• Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
• Eric Morrison — primary (person)
• Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
• John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
• Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
• Kimberly Williams — primary (person)
• Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
• Madinah Wilson-Anton — primary (person)
• Nicole Poore — primary (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
• Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
• Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
• S. Elizabeth Lockman — primary (person)
• Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
• Trey Paradee — primary (person)
• Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
• William Bush — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-05-09 Introduced and Assigned to Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-05-14 Reported Out of Committee (Public Safety & Homeland Security) in House with 8 Favorable committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-05-14 Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-05-22 Reported Out of Committee (Appropriations) in House with 1 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-06-11 Amendment HA 1 to HB 280 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2024-06-11 Amendment HA 1 to HB 280 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2024-06-11 Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT passage
• 2024-06-11 Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-06-18 Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-06-18 Assigned to Finance Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-06-26 Reported Out of Committee (Finance) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2024-06-27 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2024-08-29 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5282c85a-c87c-4d9a-ab61-a28eb97e3cd6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).