republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/153/hb-353.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 8 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE GENERAL CORPORATION LAW.	This Act continues the practice of amending periodically the Delaware General Corporation Law (“DGCL”) to keep it current and maintain its national preeminence. The following is a section-by-section review of the proposed amendments to the DGCL.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	153	HB 353	Delaware HB 353 (153)	bill		enacted	Brian Pettyjohn Bryan Townsend Darius J. Brown David L. Wilson David P. Sokola Franklin D. Cooke John "Jack" Walsh Josue O Ortega Kerri Evelyn Harris Krista Griffith Melanie Ross Levin Michael F. Smith Ray Seigfried Sarah McBride	1	9	2	2026-04-09	2026-06-10	openstates	ocd-bill/5fda9549-9894-4abf-9bb9-afa10e76b54a	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=143065	d076dbe9c6a35ea65a9591b089b307a6a393828f3e7d9d73e16b0e6ce823b58d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 353 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 8 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE GENERAL CORPORATION LAW.

This Act continues the practice of amending periodically the Delaware General Corporation Law (“DGCL”) to keep it current and maintain its national preeminence. The following is a section-by-section review of the proposed amendments to the DGCL.

Version chain

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

1. HA 1 to HB 353 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 2/3 — 21–0 (pass) · upper
• 2/3 — 38–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
• Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
• Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
• David L. Wilson — primary (person)
• David P. Sokola — primary (person)
• Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
• John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
• Josue O Ortega — primary (person)
• Kerri Evelyn Harris — primary (person)
• Krista Griffith — primary (person)
• Melanie Ross Levin — primary (person)
• Michael F. Smith — primary (person)
• Ray Seigfried — primary (person)
• Sarah McBride — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-04-09 Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2026-04-15 Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 6 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2026-04-21 Amendment HA 1 to HB 353 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2026-04-21 Amendment HA 1 to HB 353 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2026-04-21 Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 3 ABSENT passage
• 2026-04-21 Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2026-05-06 Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-05-19 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2026-06-10 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5fda9549-9894-4abf-9bb9-afa10e76b54a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).