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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 459, VOLUME 84 OF THE LAWS OF DELAWARE, AND CHAPTER 1, VOLUME 85 OF THE LAWS OF DELAWARE, RELATING TO THE REGISTRATION OF TRADE NAMES."
description: "This Act delays the effective date of changes made to the trade name registration process made by Senate Bill No. 291 of the 152nd General Assembly and House Bill No. 40 of the 153rd General Assembly. The Act also directs the Department of Revenue to conduct outreach to affected agencies and customers regarding the pending changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "153"
identifier: "HB 177"
citation: "Delaware HB 177 (153)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bryan Townsend", "Krista Griffith", "William Bush"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-05-19"
last_action: "2025-05-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f24e46da-ecbf-47a1-8f4c-f0128927decb"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=142340"
source_hash: "c84646808fc08f8f438b9cdb7c8670cd5710dc1128ed442414d48fc5c310d183"
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 HB 177 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 459, VOLUME 84 OF THE LAWS OF DELAWARE, AND CHAPTER 1, VOLUME 85 OF THE LAWS OF DELAWARE, RELATING TO THE REGISTRATION OF TRADE NAMES.
This Act delays the effective date of changes made to the trade name registration process made by Senate Bill No. 291 of the 152nd General Assembly and House Bill No. 40 of the 153rd General Assembly. The Act also directs the Department of Revenue to conduct outreach to affected agencies and customers regarding the pending changes.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
## Votes
- 3/5 — **180** (pass) · upper
- 3/5 — **380** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
- Krista Griffith — primary (person)
- William Bush — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-05-19** Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-20** Suspension of Rules in House
- **2025-05-20** Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 3 ABSENT `passage`
- **2025-05-20** Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-21** Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-22** Passed By Senate. Votes: 18 YES 3 ABSENT `passage`
- **2025-05-27** 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/f24e46da-ecbf-47a1-8f4c-f0128927decb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).