republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/153/hb-208.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PAYMENTS TO GOVERNMENT VENDORS.	This Act amends Title 29 of the Delaware Code to eliminate the use of checks for vendor payments for goods or services provided to state departments, commissions, or boards. It mandates payments be made exclusively via ACH Payment, SUA Payment, or PCARD Payment. Exceptions to this requirement can only be approved by the Office of the State Treasurer and the Division of Accounting. Certain types of payments, such as single payment vouchers, one-time supplier payments, forced year-end payouts, and legal settlements, are excluded from this mandate. This Act aims to enhance payment efficiency and security while streamlining state financial operations.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	153	HB 208	Delaware HB 208 (153)	bill		enacted	Darius J. Brown Josue O Ortega Trey Paradee	0	9	2	2025-06-05	2025-07-14	openstates	ocd-bill/857b3939-cd7b-4bf0-8ea0-42a17c8c5704	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=142444	0557a4de06ae17ae1539e48a21bf76834dd2403445083666deab438c0ae8d718	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 208 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PAYMENTS TO GOVERNMENT VENDORS.

This Act amends Title 29 of the Delaware Code to eliminate the use of checks for vendor payments for goods or services provided to state departments, commissions, or boards. It mandates payments be made exclusively via ACH Payment, SUA Payment, or PCARD Payment. Exceptions to this requirement can only be approved by the Office of the State Treasurer and the Division of Accounting. Certain types of payments, such as single payment vouchers, one-time supplier payments, forced year-end payouts, and legal settlements, are excluded from this mandate. This Act aims to enhance payment efficiency and security while streamlining state financial operations.

Version chain

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

Votes

• 2/3 — 40–0 (pass) · lower
• 2/3 — 21–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
• Josue O Ortega — primary (person)
• Trey Paradee — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-06-05 Introduced and Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2025-06-12 Re-Assigned to Administration Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2025-06-18 Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2025-06-24 Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 VACANT passage
• 2025-06-24 Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2025-06-27 Re-Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2025-06-30 Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 7 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2025-06-30 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2025-07-14 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/857b3939-cd7b-4bf0-8ea0-42a17c8c5704. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).