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type: "Bill"
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title: "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”."
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description: "This Act replaces references to “Masters” in the Court of Chancery with “Magistrate”."
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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 179"
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citation: "Delaware SB 179 (152)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bryan Townsend", "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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version_count: 1
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action_count: 8
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2023-06-15"
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last_action: "2023-07-17"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4f18820c-998f-48a4-a0f3-323e22104632"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=140635"
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source_hash: "90990088a1e97cf361cf47683a9e77c10fc37993a3ad9497557c8e42534c73cb"
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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 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”.
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This Act replaces references to “Masters” in the Court of Chancery with “Magistrate”.
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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=140635&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB179)
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## Votes
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- 2/3 — **20–0** (pass) · upper
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- 2/3 — **34–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
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- Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
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- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
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- S. Elizabeth Lockman — 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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- Trey Paradee — primary (person)
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- William Bush — primary (person)
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- William J. Carson — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-06-15** Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2023-06-21** Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2023-06-22** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2023-06-23** Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2023-06-30** Suspension of Rules in House
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- **2023-06-30** Suspension of Rules in House
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- **2023-06-30** Passed By House. Votes: 34 YES 6 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2023-07-17** 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/4f18820c-998f-48a4-a0f3-323e22104632`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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