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Bill AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE AUDITOR OF ACCOUNTS. This Act allows the Auditor of Accounts to issue subpoenas directly, removing a requirement that the Auditor first file a praecipe with the Superior Court prothonotary. It also allows the Auditor to effect service of such a subpoena, and to apply for a court order if a recipient fails to respond to a subpoena. Failure to comply with such a court order may be punished as contempt of court. us/states/de Delaware General Assembly 153 HB 6 Delaware HB 6 (153)
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Edward S. Osienski
Eric Morrison
Laura V. Sturgeon
Melanie Ross Levin
Ray Seigfried
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Delaware HB 6 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE AUDITOR OF ACCOUNTS.

This Act allows the Auditor of Accounts to issue subpoenas directly, removing a requirement that the Auditor first file a praecipe with the Superior Court prothonotary. It also allows the Auditor to effect service of such a subpoena, and to apply for a court order if a recipient fails to respond to a subpoena. Failure to comply with such a court order may be punished as contempt of court.

Version chain

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

Votes

  • SM — 370 (pass) · lower
  • SM — 210 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • David L. Wilson — primary (person)
  • Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
  • Eric Morrison — primary (person)
  • Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
  • Melanie Ross Levin — primary (person)
  • Ray Seigfried — primary (person)
  • Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-01-15 Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
  • 2025-01-22 Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits committee-passage
  • 2025-01-28 Passed By House. Votes: 37 YES 4 ABSENT passage
  • 2025-01-28 Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
  • 2025-06-11 Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-06-24 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
  • 2025-06-30 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8aad0c90-7ce4-4904-b130-a70953ea0ebe. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).