republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/152/sb-296.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 6 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ANTITRUST.	This Act amends the Delaware Antitrust Act (“DAA”) (Chapter 21, Title 6 of the Code) to provide indirect purchasers who have been harmed by violations of the Delaware Antitrust Act the ability to sue for damages. Indirect purchasers of a product or service in the chain of distribution are often the ones who bear the burden of any overcharges from antitrust violations such as price-fixing. Direct purchasers and others in the chain of distribution of the affected product or service often have the ability to pass the overcharge through the chain of distribution to end users. This will align Delaware with at least 36 other states which currently allow for a cause of action for damages for indirect purchasers. Often, end users who make purchases in Delaware, primarily Delaware residents and businesses, are excluded from making claims against multimillion dollar settlement funds set up to compensate indirect purchasers for transactions made in other states that do authorize lawsuits for damages for indirect purchasers.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	152	SB 296	Delaware SB 296 (152)	bill		enacted	Edward S. Osienski John "Jack" Walsh Kyle Evans Gay Paul S. Baumbach William Bush	2	11	3	2024-05-09	2024-09-30	openstates	ocd-bill/9785c4ec-c32e-4f5d-bf75-fda1e754077f	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141340	3b0c83e8478bf0646e81c90d1c6a85f8b11b1f455880ffd7984cb64aa3def068	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware SB 296 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 6 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ANTITRUST.

This Act amends the Delaware Antitrust Act (“DAA”) (Chapter 21, Title 6 of the Code) to provide indirect purchasers who have been harmed by violations of the Delaware Antitrust Act the ability to sue for damages. Indirect purchasers of a product or service in the chain of distribution are often the ones who bear the burden of any overcharges from antitrust violations such as price-fixing. Direct purchasers and others in the chain of distribution of the affected product or service often have the ability to pass the overcharge through the chain of distribution to end users. This will align Delaware with at least 36 other states which currently allow for a cause of action for damages for indirect purchasers. Often, end users who make purchases in Delaware, primarily Delaware residents and businesses, are excluded from making claims against multimillion dollar settlement funds set up to compensate indirect purchasers for transactions made in other states that do authorize lawsuits for damages for indirect purchasers.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source
2. HA 1 to SB 296 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 41–0 (pass) · lower
• SM — 21–0 (pass) · upper
• SM — 19–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
• John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
• Kyle Evans Gay — primary (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
• William Bush — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-05-09 Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-05-15 Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in Senate with 6 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2024-05-22 Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT passage
• 2024-05-23 Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-06-13 Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce) in House with 7 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2024-06-27 Amendment HA 1 to SB 296 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2024-06-30 Amendment HA 1 to SB 296 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2024-06-30 Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES passage
• 2024-06-30 Suspension of Rules in Senate
• 2024-06-30 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2024-09-30 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9785c4ec-c32e-4f5d-bf75-fda1e754077f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).