republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/152/sb-299.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES.	Under Title 29, Section 5805, no state employee, no state officer, and no private enterprise in which a state employee or state officer has a legal or equitable ownership of more than 10% (more than 1% in the case of a corporation whose stock is regularly traded on an established securities market) shall enter into any contract with the State (other than an employment contract) unless such contract was made or let after public notice and competitive bidding. However, the notice and bidding requirements do not apply to contracts involving $2,000 per year or less, provided that the terms of such contract reflect arms’ length negotiations. The exemption for contracts involving $2,000 per year or less went into effect in 1991 and has not been raised since. This act raises the exemption from $2,000 to $5,000 to take into account the effects of inflation. This act also deletes language in Section 5805(c) that is out-of-date.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	152	SB 299	Delaware SB 299 (152)	bill		enacted	David L. Wilson Kyra L. Hoffner	1	7	2	2024-05-13	2024-09-30	openstates	ocd-bill/a8d91c8e-5b46-46f5-8e19-381e53bfeaa0	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141349	fe87692e69994d6de9416ddce65ac2306bb965aa22803a64cbd277cab3b28101	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware SB 299 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES.

Under Title 29, Section 5805, no state employee, no state officer, and no private enterprise in which a state employee or state officer has a legal or equitable ownership of more than 10% (more than 1% in the case of a corporation whose stock is regularly traded on an established securities market) shall enter into any contract with the State (other than an employment contract) unless such contract was made or let after public notice and competitive bidding. However, the notice and bidding requirements do not apply to contracts involving $2,000 per year or less, provided that the terms of such contract reflect arms’ length negotiations. The exemption for contracts involving $2,000 per year or less went into effect in 1991 and has not been raised since. This act raises the exemption from $2,000 to $5,000 to take into account the effects of inflation. This act also deletes language in Section 5805(c) that is out-of-date.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 2/3 — 20–0 (pass) · upper
• SM — 40–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• David L. Wilson — primary (person)
• Kyra L. Hoffner — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-05-13 Introduced and Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-06-12 Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 6 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-06-13 Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2024-06-13 Assigned to Administration Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-06-25 Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 3 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2024-06-30 Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2024-09-30 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a8d91c8e-5b46-46f5-8e19-381e53bfeaa0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).