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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 11 AND 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CIVIL ASSET FORFEITURE."
description: "This Act makes several changes to the civil asset forfeiture proceedings of this state."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "152"
identifier: "HB 280"
citation: "Delaware HB 280 (152)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["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"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-05-09"
last_action: "2024-08-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5282c85a-c87c-4d9a-ab61-a28eb97e3cd6"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141107"
source_hash: "3317b3d139463edb35c2b833aa167448c05b401655b906e69860b01257628e23"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["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](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=141107&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB280)
2. **HA 1 to HB 280** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=141550&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
## Votes
- SM — **390** (pass) · lower
- 3/5 — **210** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5282c85a-c87c-4d9a-ab61-a28eb97e3cd6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).