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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 6 AND 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO COMMERCE AND TRADE."
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description: "This Act clarifies portions of Chapter 49 of Title 6 and Chapter 63 of Title 21 of the Delaware Code pertaining to motor vehicle dealers. These additions and modifications are intended to further improve our State’s franchise laws and ensure that Delaware consumers have a stable, reliable, convenient, and competitive retail network for automobile sales and service. This Act is an effort to continue to ensure that the relationship between dealers and the manufacturers and distributors is as fair and equitable as possible and provides the highest level of consumer protection. The Act includes the following provisions:"
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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 278"
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citation: "Delaware SB 278 (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", "Daniel B. Short", "David L. Wilson", "David P. Sokola", "Edward S. Osienski", "Franklin D. Cooke", "Laura V. Sturgeon", "Marie Pinkney", "Michael F. Smith", "Michael Ramone", "Nicole Poore", "Peter C. Schwartzkopf", "Russell Huxtable", "S. Elizabeth Lockman", "Spiros Mantzavinos", "Stell Parker Selby", "Valerie Longhurst"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 9
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2024-06-11"
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last_action: "2024-08-29"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5c768853-d21c-4f39-acc9-48a65a1db459"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141560"
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source_hash: "7ed72ee2e1a3e57471a4c3193f918f85bd9bedf57698293a39edbbc2f2433b84"
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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 278 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 6 AND 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO COMMERCE AND TRADE.
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This Act clarifies portions of Chapter 49 of Title 6 and Chapter 63 of Title 21 of the Delaware Code pertaining to motor vehicle dealers. These additions and modifications are intended to further improve our State’s franchise laws and ensure that Delaware consumers have a stable, reliable, convenient, and competitive retail network for automobile sales and service. This Act is an effort to continue to ensure that the relationship between dealers and the manufacturers and distributors is as fair and equitable as possible and provides the highest level of consumer protection. The Act includes the following provisions:
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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=141560&legislationTypeId=6&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SS2forSB278)
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2. **SA 1 to SS 2 for SB 278** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=141570&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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## Votes
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- 3/4 — **40–0** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **20–0** (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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- Daniel B. Short — primary (person)
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- David L. Wilson — primary (person)
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- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
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- Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
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- Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
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- Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
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- Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
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- Michael F. Smith — primary (person)
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- Michael Ramone — primary (person)
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- Nicole Poore — 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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- Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
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- Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)
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- Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-06-11** Adopted in lieu of the original bill SB 278, and Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2024-06-12** Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-06-12** Amendment SA 1 to SS 2 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2024-06-13** Amendment SA 1 to SS 2 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `amendment-passage`
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- **2024-06-13** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2024-06-13** Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2024-06-18** Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce) in House with 7 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2024-06-20** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2024-08-29** 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/5c768853-d21c-4f39-acc9-48a65a1db459`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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