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| Bill | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MARIJUANA. | This Act provides legal protections for financial institutions and other entities that provide financial or accounting services to cannabis-related businesses that are licensed or registered under Delaware law. Specifically, it clarifies that banks, credit unions, armored car services, and providers of accounting services are not subject to prosecution under Delaware law merely by providing lawful services to licensed businesses engaged in the production, distribution and sale of cannabis in Delaware. This Act aims to facilitate the operation of cannabis-related businesses by helping to ensure that such businesses have access to necessary financial and accounting services. | us/states/de | Delaware General Assembly | 152 | HB 355 | Delaware HB 355 (152) |
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Delaware HB 355 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MARIJUANA.
This Act provides legal protections for financial institutions and other entities that provide financial or accounting services to cannabis-related businesses that are licensed or registered under Delaware law. Specifically, it clarifies that banks, credit unions, armored car services, and providers of accounting services are not subject to prosecution under Delaware law merely by providing lawful services to licensed businesses engaged in the production, distribution and sale of cannabis in Delaware. This Act aims to facilitate the operation of cannabis-related businesses by helping to ensure that such businesses have access to necessary financial and accounting services.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Bill Text (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- SM — 16–5 (pass) · upper
- SM — 38–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
- Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
- Eric Morrison — primary (person)
- Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
- Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
- Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
- Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
- Sarah McBride — primary (person)
- Sean Matthews — primary (person)
- Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
- Trey Paradee — primary (person)
- William Bush — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2024-03-21 Introduced and Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House
introduction, referral-committee - 2024-03-21 Re-Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee in House
introduction, referral-committee - 2024-03-26 Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce) in House with 9 On Its Merits
committee-passage - 2024-03-28 Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 3 ABSENT
passage - 2024-03-28 Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate
introduction, referral-committee - 2024-04-24 Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits
committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable - 2024-06-25 Passed By Senate. Votes: 16 YES 5 NO
passage - 2024-10-09 Signed by Governor
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5f5659a3-3922-4ed8-9924-5439bb42b0c2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).