republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/152/sb-256.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 6 AND 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CONSUMER PROTECTION.	This Act clarifies the Attorney General’s existing authority to enforce the State’s consumer protection laws, specifically the Attorney General’s ability to pursue non-penalty civil remedies, such as damages and restitution, without having to show that a person’s violation of a law or regulation enforced by the Department of Justice’s Division of Consumer Protection was wilful. This Act does not change the requirement that the Attorney General show that such a violation was wilful in order to obtain civil penalties from a court or hearing officer. Every other state that has a similar state of mind requirement in their consumer fraud law does not impose that state of mind requirement for non-penalty civil remedies. By harmonizing the language in the Consumer Fraud Act (Subchapter II, Chapter 25, Title 6 of the Code) and the Division of Consumer Protection’s enabling statute (Subchapter II, Chapter 25, Title 29 of the Code), this Act clarifies that Delaware is line with the other states.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	152	SB 256	Delaware SB 256 (152)	bill		enacted	David L. Wilson David P. Sokola Edward S. Osienski Kyle Evans Gay Nicole Poore Paul S. Baumbach Russell Huxtable S. Elizabeth Lockman William Bush	2	9	2	2024-03-21	2024-09-26	openstates	ocd-bill/47b0d4e5-9d93-4750-a297-43ab85a0adf7	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141127	5e12be2ea4c04c8aef304f181d6f8b45c5834afff929302f793c9cc2f619ec26	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware SB 256 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 6 AND 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CONSUMER PROTECTION.

This Act clarifies the Attorney General’s existing authority to enforce the State’s consumer protection laws, specifically the Attorney General’s ability to pursue non-penalty civil remedies, such as damages and restitution, without having to show that a person’s violation of a law or regulation enforced by the Department of Justice’s Division of Consumer Protection was wilful. This Act does not change the requirement that the Attorney General show that such a violation was wilful in order to obtain civil penalties from a court or hearing officer. Every other state that has a similar state of mind requirement in their consumer fraud law does not impose that state of mind requirement for non-penalty civil remedies. By harmonizing the language in the Consumer Fraud Act (Subchapter II, Chapter 25, Title 6 of the Code) and the Division of Consumer Protection’s enabling statute (Subchapter II, Chapter 25, Title 29 of the Code), this Act clarifies that Delaware is line with the other states.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source
2. SA 1 to SB 256 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 21–0 (pass) · upper
• SM — 37–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• David L. Wilson — primary (person)
• David P. Sokola — primary (person)
• Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
• Kyle Evans Gay — primary (person)
• Nicole Poore — primary (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
• Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
• S. Elizabeth Lockman — primary (person)
• William Bush — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-03-21 Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-04-17 Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in Senate with 4 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-06-11 Amendment SA 1 to SB 256 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2024-06-11 Amendment SA 1 to SB 256 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES amendment-passage
• 2024-06-11 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2024-06-12 Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-06-18 Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce) in House with 7 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2024-06-26 Passed By House. Votes: 37 YES 4 ABSENT passage
• 2024-09-26 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/47b0d4e5-9d93-4750-a297-43ab85a0adf7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).