republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/152/sb-1.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 25 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD-TENANT CODE.	This Act is a substitute for Senate Bill No. 1. Like Senate Bill No. 1, this Act creates a right to representation for tenants in evictions and other landlord-tenant actions.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	152	SB 1	Delaware SB 1 (152)	bill		enacted	Brian Pettyjohn Bryan Townsend Cyndie Romer Darius J. Brown David L. Wilson David P. Sokola Eric Morrison Franklin D. Cooke John "Jack" Walsh Kendra Johnson Kerri Evelyn Harris Laura V. Sturgeon Madinah Wilson-Anton Marie Pinkney Nicole Poore Paul S. Baumbach Peter C. Schwartzkopf Russell Huxtable S. Elizabeth Lockman Sarah McBride Sean Matthews Sherry Dorsey Walker Spiros Mantzavinos Stell Parker Selby Trey Paradee Valerie Longhurst William Bush	2	12	3	2023-03-23	2023-07-25	openstates	ocd-bill/ccdb9aae-bc32-4ac4-a89a-2b627bb085ed	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=130110	b4eb98f5f45224c332f209cd2a959c38fefbf348d54bfd35cd879fadb1695b5b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware SB 1 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 25 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD-TENANT CODE.

This Act is a substitute for Senate Bill No. 1. Like Senate Bill No. 1, this Act creates a right to representation for tenants in evictions and other landlord-tenant actions.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source
2. HA 1 to SS 1 for SB 1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 19–0 (pass) · upper
• SM — 25–12 (pass) · lower
• SM — 19–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
• Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
• Cyndie Romer — primary (person)
• Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
• David L. Wilson — primary (person)
• David P. Sokola — primary (person)
• Eric Morrison — primary (person)
• Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
• John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
• Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
• Kerri Evelyn Harris — primary (person)
• Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
• Madinah Wilson-Anton — primary (person)
• Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
• Nicole Poore — primary (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
• Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
• Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
• S. Elizabeth Lockman — primary (person)
• Sarah McBride — primary (person)
• Sean Matthews — primary (person)
• Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
• Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
• Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)
• Trey Paradee — primary (person)
• Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
• William Bush — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2023-03-23 was introduced and adopted in lieu of SB 1 introduction
• 2023-03-28 Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 1 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT passage
• 2023-03-29 Assigned to Housing Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2023-04-06 Reported Out of Committee (Housing) in House with 5 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits, 1 Unfavorable committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2023-04-06 Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2023-05-02 Not Enough Signatures to Release
• 2023-05-18 Reported Out of Committee (Appropriations) in House with 1 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-06-01 Amendment HA 1 to SS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2023-06-13 Amendment HA 1 to SS 1 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2023-06-13 Passed By House. Votes: 25 YES 12 NO 1 NOT VOTING 3 ABSENT passage
• 2023-06-14 Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 1 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT passage
• 2023-07-25 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ccdb9aae-bc32-4ac4-a89a-2b627bb085ed. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).