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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 17 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE CONSTRUCTION AND ACCEPTANCE OF NEW ROADS AND STREETS FOR STATE MAINTENANCE."
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description: "Due to the rapidly increasing costs of materials and labor, combined with the frequency in which developers have gone out of business or otherwise been unable to complete work required within developments, this Act increases the funding required to be secured by a developer to ensure the developer fulfills the developer's obligations to construct and complete improvements within a subdivision."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "152"
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identifier: "HB 297"
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citation: "Delaware HB 297 (152)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bryan Townsend", "Bryan W. Shupe", "David L. Wilson", "Edward S. Osienski", "Eric Morrison", "Laura V. Sturgeon", "Russell Huxtable", "Sean M. Lynn", "Spiros Mantzavinos", "Stell Parker Selby", "William Bush"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 10
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2024-01-24"
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last_action: "2024-08-29"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d5961372-0b49-4d6b-83bf-7dcda4e2a928"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=140890"
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source_hash: "c0166ea340e17e266b7b0aa5b82a159028772958e57fcf758f9651f3c6b33d7d"
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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 HB 297 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 17 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE CONSTRUCTION AND ACCEPTANCE OF NEW ROADS AND STREETS FOR STATE MAINTENANCE.
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Due to the rapidly increasing costs of materials and labor, combined with the frequency in which developers have gone out of business or otherwise been unable to complete work required within developments, this Act increases the funding required to be secured by a developer to ensure the developer fulfills the developer's obligations to construct and complete improvements within a subdivision.
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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=140890&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB297)
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2. **HA 1 to HB 297** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=141675&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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## Votes
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- SM — **38–0** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **20–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
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- Bryan W. Shupe — primary (person)
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- David L. Wilson — primary (person)
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- Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
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- Eric Morrison — primary (person)
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- Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
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- Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
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- Sean M. Lynn — primary (person)
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- Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
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- Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)
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- William Bush — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-01-24** Introduced and Assigned to Transportation Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2024-03-12** Reported Out of Committee (Transportation) in House with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2024-06-26** Amendment HA 1 to HB 297 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2024-06-26** Amendment HA 1 to HB 297 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2024-06-26** Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 1 NOT VOTING 2 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2024-06-26** Laid On Table in Senate
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- **2024-06-30** Suspension of Rules in Senate
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- **2024-06-30** Lifted From Table in Senate
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- **2024-06-30** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 NOT VOTING `passage`
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- **2024-08-29** 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/d5961372-0b49-4d6b-83bf-7dcda4e2a928`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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