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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 10 AND TITLE 19 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO EXEMPTIONS IN BANKRUPTCY AND DEBT PROCEEDINGS."
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description: "This Act increases the exemption in bankruptcy and other debt proceedings for a debtor’s personal residence from $125,000 to $200,000. The exemption has been limited to $125,000 since 2012 while home prices have increased dramatically in the intervening years. It also increases the exemption for tools of the trade and for a vehicle to $25,000 from $15,000."
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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 318"
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citation: "Delaware HB 318 (152)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Darius J. Brown", "David L. Wilson", "David P. Sokola", "Eric Morrison", "Marie Pinkney", "Paul S. Baumbach", "Sean Matthews", "Sherry Dorsey Walker", "Spiros Mantzavinos"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 13
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2024-02-29"
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last_action: "2024-08-02"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/46fe50b0-a51f-44f0-b6c9-e5fbfc5b9ff3"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=140966"
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source_hash: "8312e1a1f80e70606f8229e62669c0840565111001d8f183d9087dc4caf484a4"
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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 318 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 10 AND TITLE 19 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO EXEMPTIONS IN BANKRUPTCY AND DEBT PROCEEDINGS.
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This Act increases the exemption in bankruptcy and other debt proceedings for a debtor’s personal residence from $125,000 to $200,000. The exemption has been limited to $125,000 since 2012 while home prices have increased dramatically in the intervening years. It also increases the exemption for tools of the trade and for a vehicle to $25,000 from $15,000.
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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=140966&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB318)
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2. **HA 1 to HB 318** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=141133&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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3. **SA 1 to HB 318** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=141592&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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## Votes
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- SM — **37–0** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
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- David L. Wilson — primary (person)
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- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
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- Eric Morrison — primary (person)
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- Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
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- Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
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- Sean Matthews — primary (person)
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- Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
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- Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-02-29** Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2024-03-13** Not Worked in Committee
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- **2024-03-26** Amendment HA 1 to HB 318 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2024-03-27** Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 9 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2024-04-23** Amendment HA 1 to HB 318 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2024-04-23** Passed By House. Votes: 37 YES 1 NOT VOTING 3 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2024-04-23** Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2024-06-11** Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2024-06-14** Amendment SA 1 to HB 318 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2024-06-27** Amendment SA 1 to HB 318 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `amendment-passage`
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- **2024-06-27** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2024-06-30** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2024-08-02** 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/46fe50b0-a51f-44f0-b6c9-e5fbfc5b9ff3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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