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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MARIJUANA."
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description: "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."
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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 355"
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citation: "Delaware HB 355 (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", "Edward S. Osienski", "Eric Morrison", "Kendra Johnson", "Laura V. Sturgeon", "Paul S. Baumbach", "Peter C. Schwartzkopf", "Russell Huxtable", "Sarah McBride", "Sean Matthews", "Sherry Dorsey Walker", "Trey Paradee", "William Bush"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 8
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2024-03-21"
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last_action: "2024-10-09"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5f5659a3-3922-4ed8-9924-5439bb42b0c2"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141114"
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source_hash: "f6e38e67195fd241595fe1cf6513e3e2e98328477576ade09b51b3f65758d193"
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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 355 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MARIJUANA.
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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.
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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=141114&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB355)
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## Votes
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- SM — **16–5** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **38–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
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- Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
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- Eric Morrison — primary (person)
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- Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
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- Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
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- Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
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- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
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- Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
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- Sarah McBride — primary (person)
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- Sean Matthews — primary (person)
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- Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
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- Trey Paradee — 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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- **2024-03-21** Introduced and Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2024-03-21** Re-Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2024-03-26** Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce) in House with 9 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2024-03-28** Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 3 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2024-03-28** Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2024-04-24** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-06-25** Passed By Senate. Votes: 16 YES 5 NO `passage`
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- **2024-10-09** 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/5f5659a3-3922-4ed8-9924-5439bb42b0c2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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