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type: "Bill"
title: "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."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "153"
identifier: "HB 40"
citation: "Delaware HB 40 (153)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bryan Townsend", "Krista Griffith"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-09"
last_action: "2025-02-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5be3c70f-0126-42fe-ac3c-290a0f08fde9"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141757"
source_hash: "66869ed3bb998e8d6302cca94ace2ae49230ad3973b03c151419a3c368c9fc98"
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 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](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=141792&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
## Votes
- 3/5 — **390** (pass) · lower
- 3/5 — **190** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5be3c70f-0126-42fe-ac3c-290a0f08fde9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).