Fabio
75 lines
5.1 KiB
Markdown
75 lines
5.1 KiB
Markdown
---
|
||
type: "Bill"
|
||
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 6 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ANTITRUST."
|
||
description: "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."
|
||
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
|
||
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
|
||
session: "152"
|
||
identifier: "SB 296"
|
||
citation: "Delaware SB 296 (152)"
|
||
classification: ["bill"]
|
||
subjects: []
|
||
status: "enacted"
|
||
primary_sponsors: ["Edward S. Osienski", "John \"Jack\" Walsh", "Kyle Evans Gay", "Paul S. Baumbach", "William Bush"]
|
||
version_count: 2
|
||
action_count: 11
|
||
vote_count: 3
|
||
first_action: "2024-05-09"
|
||
last_action: "2024-09-30"
|
||
source: "openstates"
|
||
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9785c4ec-c32e-4f5d-bf75-fda1e754077f"
|
||
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141340"
|
||
source_hash: "3b0c83e8478bf0646e81c90d1c6a85f8b11b1f455880ffd7984cb64aa3def068"
|
||
vintage: "2026-07-01"
|
||
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
|
||
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
|
||
confidence: "reported"
|
||
tags: ["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](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=141340&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB296)
|
||
2. **HA 1 to SB 296** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=141689&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
|
||
|
||
## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9785c4ec-c32e-4f5d-bf75-fda1e754077f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
|
||
|