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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO STATE PROCUREMENT."
description: "This Act corrects, clarifies, and amends Title 29, Chapter 69 which articulates state procurement guidelines and procedures. The changes to the chapter realign some responsibilities from the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to the Director of the Section of Government Support Services (Section) within the Office of Management and Budget. Additional chapter amendments include the addition of processes to Subchapter VI, Professional Services, and authorizes the Section to lead some mandatory use Professional Services contracting efforts. The Professional Services changes made are similar to the processes and procedures as identified in other subchapters of Chapter 69. The changes will not impact the vendor community."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "152"
identifier: "HB 428"
citation: "Delaware HB 428 (152)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bryan Townsend", "David P. Sokola", "Kerri Evelyn Harris", "Lyndon D. Yearick", "Melissa Minor-Brown", "Michael Ramone", "S. Elizabeth Lockman", "Valerie Longhurst"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-06-06"
last_action: "2024-10-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d138c638-103c-483c-a4b5-b443098daa36"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141498"
source_hash: "5cb98a7f700c66c062a73e7afbaf817e68d4c78b208f4bbb9ba9e8f132a08e7f"
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 428 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO STATE PROCUREMENT.
This Act corrects, clarifies, and amends Title 29, Chapter 69 which articulates state procurement guidelines and procedures. The changes to the chapter realign some responsibilities from the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to the Director of the Section of Government Support Services (Section) within the Office of Management and Budget. Additional chapter amendments include the addition of processes to Subchapter VI, Professional Services, and authorizes the Section to lead some mandatory use Professional Services contracting efforts. The Professional Services changes made are similar to the processes and procedures as identified in other subchapters of Chapter 69. The changes will not impact the vendor community.
## 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=141498&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB428)
## Votes
- 3/4 — **210** (pass) · upper
- SM — **390** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
- Kerri Evelyn Harris — primary (person)
- Lyndon D. Yearick — primary (person)
- Melissa Minor-Brown — primary (person)
- Michael Ramone — primary (person)
- S. Elizabeth Lockman — primary (person)
- Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-06-06** Introduced 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`
- **2024-06-18** Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT `passage`
- **2024-06-18** Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-26** Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 6 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2024-06-27** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2024-10-09** 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/d138c638-103c-483c-a4b5-b443098daa36`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).