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type: "Bill"
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title: "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."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "153"
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identifier: "HB 147"
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citation: "Delaware HB 147 (153)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["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"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 9
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-05-13"
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last_action: "2025-09-05"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7db74289-ed82-4865-b52f-1b72dd515bd4"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=142272"
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source_hash: "70b41163c96f1fa48382db35cd512ca1a669ecbb8b14899637bb9e3a77c9aeb0"
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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 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.
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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.
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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. **HA 1 to HS 1 for HB 147** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=142452&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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## Votes
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- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Claire Snyder-Hall — primary (person)
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- Cyndie Romer — 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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- Josue O Ortega — primary (person)
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- Kerri Evelyn Harris — primary (person)
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- Madinah Wilson-Anton — primary (person)
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- Mara Gorman — primary (person)
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- Melanie Ross Levin — primary (person)
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- Ray Seigfried — primary (person)
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- Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
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- Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-05-13** Adopted in lieu of the original bill HB 147, and Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2025-05-14** Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2025-06-06** Amendment HA 1 to HS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2025-06-10** Amendment HA 1 to HS 1 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-06-10** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2025-06-10** Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2025-06-18** Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2025-06-30** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2025-09-05** 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/7db74289-ed82-4865-b52f-1b72dd515bd4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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