republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/152/sb-266.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 6 AND TITLE 12 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO UNCLAIMED PROPERTY.	Senate Substitute 1 for SB 266 clarifies the process and roles of the Attorney General, State Escheator, and Secretary of State in actions under the Delaware False Claims and Reporting Act (DFCRA) for failure to comply with reporting requirements of the Delaware Unclaimed Property Law (UPL). The government, through the Attorney General, may bring such an action after a 120-day period during which the State Escheator may initiate an examination or within the 120-day period, with the State Escheator's consent.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	152	SB 266	Delaware SB 266 (152)	bill		enacted	John "Jack" Walsh Spiros Mantzavinos William Bush	1	6	2	2024-06-06	2024-08-15	openstates	ocd-bill/2102cac1-6c1f-4520-b14a-0c781b85ac69	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141520	18e06e74ed0ca610c77905c72cfa5f22904e66decfe4090ee53936ec9ea1be6f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware SB 266 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 6 AND TITLE 12 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO UNCLAIMED PROPERTY.

Senate Substitute 1 for SB 266 clarifies the process and roles of the Attorney General, State Escheator, and Secretary of State in actions under the Delaware False Claims and Reporting Act (DFCRA) for failure to comply with reporting requirements of the Delaware Unclaimed Property Law (UPL). The government, through the Attorney General, may bring such an action after a 120-day period during which the State Escheator may initiate an examination or within the 120-day period, with the State Escheator's consent.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 21–0 (pass) · upper
• 2/3 — 41–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
• Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
• William Bush — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-06-06 was introduced and adopted in lieu of SB 266 introduction
• 2024-06-12 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2024-06-13 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 8 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2024-06-27 Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES passage
• 2024-08-15 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2102cac1-6c1f-4520-b14a-0c781b85ac69. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).