republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/153/hb-333.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 12 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DISTRIBUTION OF DECEDENT'S PROPERTY WITHOUT GRANT OF LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION.	This Act changes the probate dollar limit for administering a small estate without requiring Letters of Administration or Letters of Testamentary from $30,000 to $50,000. This Act also makes changes to conform with the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	153	HB 333	Delaware HB 333 (153)	bill		enacted	Brian Pettyjohn Bryan Townsend Bryant L. Richardson Claire Snyder-Hall Darius J. Brown Dave G. Lawson David L. Wilson David P. Sokola Eric Morrison Franklin D. Cooke John "Jack" Walsh Josue O Ortega Laura V. Sturgeon Marie Pinkney Melanie Ross Levin Nicole Poore Ray Seigfried Russell Huxtable Sarah McBride Spiros Mantzavinos Stell Parker Selby Trey Paradee William J. Carson	0	7	2	2026-03-25	2026-06-10	openstates	ocd-bill/313ab78e-8c9f-46ac-9640-22431b89815f	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=143011	747e5fe7307e3cacb236e6c5527211b56275946b793134ab2455473fceb238dd	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 333 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 12 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DISTRIBUTION OF DECEDENT'S PROPERTY WITHOUT GRANT OF LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION.

This Act changes the probate dollar limit for administering a small estate without requiring Letters of Administration or Letters of Testamentary from $30,000 to $50,000. This Act also makes changes to conform with the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual.

Version chain

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

Votes

• SM — 20–0 (pass) · upper
• SM — 35–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
• Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
• Bryant L. Richardson — primary (person)
• Claire Snyder-Hall — primary (person)
• Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
• Dave G. Lawson — primary (person)
• David L. Wilson — primary (person)
• David P. Sokola — primary (person)
• Eric Morrison — primary (person)
• Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
• John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
• Josue O Ortega — primary (person)
• Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
• Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
• Melanie Ross Levin — primary (person)
• Nicole Poore — primary (person)
• Ray Seigfried — primary (person)
• Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
• Sarah McBride — primary (person)
• Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
• Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)
• Trey Paradee — primary (person)
• William J. Carson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-03-25 Introduced and Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2026-04-14 Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce) in House with 1 Favorable, 9 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-04-23 Passed By House. Votes: 35 YES 6 ABSENT passage
• 2026-04-23 Assigned to Banking, Business, Insurance & Technology Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2026-05-05 Reported Out of Committee (Banking, Business, Insurance & Technology) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-05-20 Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2026-06-10 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/313ab78e-8c9f-46ac-9640-22431b89815f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).