republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/153/hb-40.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 459, VOLUME 84 OF THE LAWS OF DELAWARE AND TITLES 6, 29, AND 30 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE REGISTRATION OF TRADE NAMES.	This Act modifies the effective date of Chapter 459, Volume 84 of the Laws of Delaware from February 1, 2025 to June 2, 2025, which was enacted to allow One-Stop business registration by making trade name registrations fully online. It codifies existing practice with respect to the registration of trade names for corporations and LLCs and adds a $25 annual license fee for Delaware corporations and LLCs not doing business in Delaware but desiring a Delaware trade name registration.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	153	HB 40	Delaware HB 40 (153)	bill		enacted	Bryan Townsend Krista Griffith	1	9	2	2025-01-09	2025-02-07	openstates	ocd-bill/5be3c70f-0126-42fe-ac3c-290a0f08fde9	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141757	66869ed3bb998e8d6302cca94ace2ae49230ad3973b03c151419a3c368c9fc98	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 40 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 459, VOLUME 84 OF THE LAWS OF DELAWARE AND TITLES 6, 29, AND 30 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE REGISTRATION OF TRADE NAMES.

This Act modifies the effective date of Chapter 459, Volume 84 of the Laws of Delaware from February 1, 2025 to June 2, 2025, which was enacted to allow One-Stop business registration by making trade name registrations fully online. It codifies existing practice with respect to the registration of trade names for corporations and LLCs and adds a $25 annual license fee for Delaware corporations and LLCs not doing business in Delaware but desiring a Delaware trade name registration.

Version chain

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

1. HA 1 to HB 40 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 3/5 — 39–0 (pass) · lower
• 3/5 — 19–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
• Krista Griffith — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-09 Introduced and Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2025-01-16 Amendment HA 1 to HB 40 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2025-01-22 Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce) in House with 10 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2025-01-23 Amendment HA 1 to HB 40 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2025-01-23 Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT passage
• 2025-01-23 Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2025-01-29 Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 6 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2025-01-30 Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 VACANT passage
• 2025-02-07 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5be3c70f-0126-42fe-ac3c-290a0f08fde9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).