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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 9 AND 22 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT DEPOSITS OF FUNDS."
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description: "This bill clarifies that counties and municipalities can deposit their revenues in any depository bank or credit union. The State of Delaware already can choose where it deposits its money, and this legislation would extend that ability to counties and municipalities."
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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 247"
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citation: "Delaware SB 247 (153)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bryant L. Richardson", "Claire Snyder-Hall", "Cyndie Romer", "Darius J. Brown", "David L. Wilson", "Edward S. Osienski", "Eric Morrison", "John \"Jack\" Walsh", "Madinah Wilson-Anton", "Marie Pinkney", "Nicole Poore", "Spiros Mantzavinos", "Stell Parker Selby", "William Bush", "William J. Carson"]
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version_count: 0
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action_count: 7
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2026-03-05"
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last_action: "2026-05-19"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/287fa87f-3ea4-4e23-b716-6632fc251593"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=142897"
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source_hash: "a79b07615ba8a9b908e7a3523c8e590e10c42ad26aa3eb66fdd2c2f6583154aa"
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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 247 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 9 AND 22 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT DEPOSITS OF FUNDS.
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This bill clarifies that counties and municipalities can deposit their revenues in any depository bank or credit union. The State of Delaware already can choose where it deposits its money, and this legislation would extend that ability to counties and municipalities.
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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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## Votes
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- 2/3 — **35–0** (pass) · lower
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- 2/3 — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bryant L. Richardson — primary (person)
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- Claire Snyder-Hall — primary (person)
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- Cyndie Romer — primary (person)
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- Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
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- David L. Wilson — primary (person)
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- Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
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- Eric Morrison — primary (person)
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- John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
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- Madinah Wilson-Anton — primary (person)
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- Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
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- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
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- Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
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- Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)
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- William Bush — primary (person)
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- William J. Carson — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-03-05** Introduced and Assigned to Banking, Business, Insurance & Technology Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-18** Reported Out of Committee (Banking, Business, Insurance & Technology) in Senate with 5 Favorable `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-24** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2026-03-25** Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2026-04-14** Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce) in House with 2 Favorable, 9 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-04-23** Passed By House. Votes: 35 YES 6 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2026-05-19** 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/287fa87f-3ea4-4e23-b716-6632fc251593`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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