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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 25 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SELF-SERVICE STORAGE FACILITIES."
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description: "This Act updates and modernizes the Delaware Self-Service Storage Facilities Act. The Act clarifies that self-storage rental agreements may be delivered and accepted electronically. The bill borrows language from the Delaware Residential Landlord Tenant Act regarding the legal effect of unsigned rental agreements. The bill addresses vehicle storage at a self-service storage facility and clarifies the disposition of property following the termination or nonrenewal of the rental agreement by either the occupant or owner. Finally, the Act updates the requirements to allow advertisements be placed on websites that regularly advertise property for auction or sale, making Delaware law consistent with most jurisdictions, including Maryland and the District of Columbia."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "153"
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identifier: "SB 151"
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citation: "Delaware SB 151 (153)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Claire Snyder-Hall", "Josue O Ortega", "Ray Seigfried", "Spiros Mantzavinos", "William Bush"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 11
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2025-05-15"
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last_action: "2025-07-30"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2e6cb277-f56e-477b-afb9-f3e14cc9b0c3"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=142315"
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source_hash: "287400c40baf7b245c882d961ae89fe1d762a4d0017e06111bae4a2883ddabd7"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
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---
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# Delaware SB 151 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 25 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SELF-SERVICE STORAGE FACILITIES.
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This Act updates and modernizes the Delaware Self-Service Storage Facilities Act. The Act clarifies that self-storage rental agreements may be delivered and accepted electronically. The bill borrows language from the Delaware Residential Landlord Tenant Act regarding the legal effect of unsigned rental agreements. The bill addresses vehicle storage at a self-service storage facility and clarifies the disposition of property following the termination or nonrenewal of the rental agreement by either the occupant or owner. Finally, the Act updates the requirements to allow advertisements be placed on websites that regularly advertise property for auction or sale, making Delaware law consistent with most jurisdictions, including Maryland and the District of Columbia.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **HA 1 to SB 151** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=142580&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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## Votes
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- SM — **18–0** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **39–0** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Claire Snyder-Hall — primary (person)
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- Josue O Ortega — primary (person)
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- Ray Seigfried — primary (person)
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- Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
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- William Bush — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-05-15** Introduced and Assigned to Banking, Business, Insurance & Technology Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2025-05-21** Reported Out of Committee (Banking, Business, Insurance & Technology) in Senate with 6 Favorable `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-06-10** Passed By Senate. Votes: 18 YES 3 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2025-06-11** Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2025-06-17** Not Worked in Committee
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- **2025-06-18** Amendment HA 1 to SB 151 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2025-06-25** Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce) in House with 8 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2025-06-26** Amendment HA 1 to SB 151 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-06-26** Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 1 NOT VOTING 1 VACANT `passage`
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- **2025-06-30** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2025-07-30** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2e6cb277-f56e-477b-afb9-f3e14cc9b0c3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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