republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/153/hb-147.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 12, TITLE 18, TITLE 25, AND TITLE 30 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE UNIFORM REAL PROPERTY TRANSFER ON DEATH ACT.	Delaware currently permits the nonprobate transfer of bank accounts, investments, and vehicles. This Act provides a mechanism for the nonprobate transfer of real estate without requiring the creation of a revocable trust. This is done by permitting an owner of an interest in real estate to execute and record a transfer on death (“TOD”) deed designating a beneficiary who will automatically receive the real estate on the owner's death. During the owner's lifetime the beneficiary of a TOD deed has no interest in the real estate and the owner retains full power to transfer or encumber the real estate or to revoke the TOD deed.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	153	HB 147	Delaware HB 147 (153)	bill		enacted	Claire Snyder-Hall Cyndie Romer David P. Sokola Edward S. Osienski Franklin D. Cooke Josue O Ortega Kerri Evelyn Harris Madinah Wilson-Anton Mara Gorman Melanie Ross Levin Ray Seigfried Russell Huxtable Spiros Mantzavinos	1	9	2	2025-05-13	2025-09-05	openstates	ocd-bill/7db74289-ed82-4865-b52f-1b72dd515bd4	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=142272	70b41163c96f1fa48382db35cd512ca1a669ecbb8b14899637bb9e3a77c9aeb0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 147 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 12, TITLE 18, TITLE 25, AND TITLE 30 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE UNIFORM REAL PROPERTY TRANSFER ON DEATH ACT.

Delaware currently permits the nonprobate transfer of bank accounts, investments, and vehicles. This Act provides a mechanism for the nonprobate transfer of real estate without requiring the creation of a revocable trust. This is done by permitting an owner of an interest in real estate to execute and record a transfer on death (“TOD”) deed designating a beneficiary who will automatically receive the real estate on the owner's death. During the owner's lifetime the beneficiary of a TOD deed has no interest in the real estate and the owner retains full power to transfer or encumber the real estate or to revoke the TOD deed.

Version chain

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

1. HA 1 to HS 1 for HB 147 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 40–0 (pass) · lower
• SM — 21–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Claire Snyder-Hall — primary (person)
• Cyndie Romer — primary (person)
• David P. Sokola — primary (person)
• Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
• Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
• Josue O Ortega — primary (person)
• Kerri Evelyn Harris — primary (person)
• Madinah Wilson-Anton — primary (person)
• Mara Gorman — primary (person)
• Melanie Ross Levin — primary (person)
• Ray Seigfried — primary (person)
• Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
• Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-05-13 Adopted in lieu of the original bill HB 147, and Assigned to Administration Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2025-05-14 Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2025-06-06 Amendment HA 1 to HS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2025-06-10 Amendment HA 1 to HS 1 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2025-06-10 Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2025-06-10 Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2025-06-18 Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2025-06-30 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2025-09-05 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7db74289-ed82-4865-b52f-1b72dd515bd4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).