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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 25 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD-TENANT CODE."
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description: "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."
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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: "SB 1"
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citation: "Delaware SB 1 (152)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["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"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 12
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2023-03-23"
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last_action: "2023-07-25"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ccdb9aae-bc32-4ac4-a89a-2b627bb085ed"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=130110"
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source_hash: "b4eb98f5f45224c332f209cd2a959c38fefbf348d54bfd35cd879fadb1695b5b"
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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 SB 1 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 25 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD-TENANT CODE.
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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.
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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=130110&legislationTypeId=6&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SS1forSB1)
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2. **HA 1 to SS 1 for SB 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=140463&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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## Votes
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- SM — **19–0** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **25–12** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **19–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
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- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
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- Cyndie Romer — primary (person)
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- Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
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- David L. Wilson — primary (person)
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- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
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- Eric Morrison — primary (person)
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- Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
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- John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
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- Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
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- Kerri Evelyn Harris — primary (person)
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- Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
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- Madinah Wilson-Anton — primary (person)
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- Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
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- Nicole Poore — 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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- S. Elizabeth Lockman — 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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- Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
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- Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)
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- Trey Paradee — primary (person)
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- Valerie Longhurst — 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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- **2023-03-23** was introduced and adopted in lieu of SB 1 `introduction`
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- **2023-03-28** Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 1 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2023-03-29** Assigned to Housing Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **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`
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- **2023-04-06** Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2023-05-02** Not Enough Signatures to Release
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- **2023-05-18** Reported Out of Committee (Appropriations) in House with 1 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-06-01** Amendment HA 1 to SS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2023-06-13** Amendment HA 1 to SS 1 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2023-06-13** Passed By House. Votes: 25 YES 12 NO 1 NOT VOTING 3 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2023-06-14** Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 1 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2023-07-25** 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/ccdb9aae-bc32-4ac4-a89a-2b627bb085ed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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