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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS ENTERPRISES IN THE STATE PROCUREMENT SYSTEM."
description: "This Act is the result of a successful pilot project involving disadvantaged business enterprises in State contracts. In 2023, Section 189 of Senate Bill No. 35, as amended by Senate Amendment No. 2, authorized the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to engage in a pilot program to include Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBE) as part of large public works projects. If an agency elects to award based on best value, this Act allows for projects, valued in excess of $30,000,000, to be scored using DBE usage of at least 10% but no more than 30%. This Act also makes technical corrections to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "152"
identifier: "HB 387"
citation: "Delaware HB 387 (152)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bryan Townsend", "Franklin D. Cooke", "Kendra Johnson", "Kerri Evelyn Harris", "Lyndon D. Yearick", "Sherry Dorsey Walker", "Trey Paradee", "William Bush"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 8
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-06-11"
last_action: "2024-10-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c077284f-02ec-4f38-ba25-1bfeb5e01a72"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141546"
source_hash: "652c2f05366cfbf3061bfe2befc187c5ec55d14e2fd5f1b463a4aab5306716b6"
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 387 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS ENTERPRISES IN THE STATE PROCUREMENT SYSTEM.
This Act is the result of a successful pilot project involving disadvantaged business enterprises in State contracts. In 2023, Section 189 of Senate Bill No. 35, as amended by Senate Amendment No. 2, authorized the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to engage in a pilot program to include Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBE) as part of large public works projects. If an agency elects to award based on best value, this Act allows for projects, valued in excess of $30,000,000, to be scored using DBE usage of at least 10% but no more than 30%. This Act also makes technical corrections to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual.
## 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=141546&legislationTypeId=6&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HS1forHB387)
## Votes
- SM — **210** (pass) · upper
- SM — **390** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
- Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
- Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
- Kerri Evelyn Harris — primary (person)
- Lyndon D. Yearick — 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.
- **2024-06-11** Adopted in lieu of the original bill HB 387, and Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-12** Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2024-06-26** Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT `passage`
- **2024-06-26** Laid On Table in Senate
- **2024-06-30** Suspension of Rules in Senate
- **2024-06-30** Lifted From Table in Senate
- **2024-06-30** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2024-10-31** 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/c077284f-02ec-4f38-ba25-1bfeb5e01a72`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).