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Bill AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 8, TITLE 10, TITLE 12, AND TITLE 26 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CHANGES TO THE TITLE “MASTER IN CHANCERY”. This Act replaces references to “Masters” in the Court of Chancery with “Magistrate”. us/states/de Delaware General Assembly 152 SB 179 Delaware SB 179 (152)
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Kendra Johnson
Nicole Poore
S. Elizabeth Lockman
Sean Matthews
Sherry Dorsey Walker
Spiros Mantzavinos
Trey Paradee
William Bush
William J. Carson
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Delaware SB 179 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 8, TITLE 10, TITLE 12, AND TITLE 26 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CHANGES TO THE TITLE “MASTER IN CHANCERY”.

This Act replaces references to “Masters” in the Court of Chancery with “Magistrate”.

Version chain

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

  1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • 2/3 — 200 (pass) · upper
  • 2/3 — 340 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
  • Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
  • Nicole Poore — primary (person)
  • S. Elizabeth Lockman — primary (person)
  • Sean Matthews — primary (person)
  • Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
  • Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
  • Trey Paradee — primary (person)
  • William Bush — primary (person)
  • William J. Carson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2023-06-15 Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
  • 2023-06-21 Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits committee-passage
  • 2023-06-22 Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT passage
  • 2023-06-23 Assigned to Administration Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
  • 2023-06-30 Suspension of Rules in House
  • 2023-06-30 Suspension of Rules in House
  • 2023-06-30 Passed By House. Votes: 34 YES 6 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT passage
  • 2023-07-17 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4f18820c-998f-48a4-a0f3-323e22104632. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).