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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 29 AND 30 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ANGEL INVESTOR JOB CREATION AND INNOVATION ACT ."
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description: "This legislation, the Angel Investor Job Creation and Innovation Act for Small Technology Companies, creates an incentive for qualified angel investors to invest capital in qualified Delaware small technology companies.."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "149"
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identifier: "HB 170"
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citation: "Delaware HB 170 (149)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bryon H. Short", "Catherine Cloutier", "David L. Wilson", "Melanie George Smith", "Michael Ramone"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 20
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2017-05-10"
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last_action: "2018-05-24"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/216f25c4-c293-48a1-88ed-d829f99919a8"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25737"
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source_hash: "0d394fc8ac53dc4ab66b61cce85a53962253a52948d836a5cc7409f6b32fe348"
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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 HB 170 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 29 AND 30 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ANGEL INVESTOR JOB CREATION AND INNOVATION ACT .
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This legislation, the Angel Investor Job Creation and Innovation Act for Small Technology Companies, creates an incentive for qualified angel investors to invest capital in qualified Delaware small technology companies..
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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. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=25737&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB170)
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## Votes
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- SM — **39–2** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **14–7** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **41–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bryon H. Short — primary (person)
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- Catherine Cloutier — primary (person)
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- David L. Wilson — primary (person)
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- Melanie George Smith — primary (person)
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- Michael Ramone — primary (person)
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- Bryant L. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
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- Charles S Postles Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Daniel B. Short — cosponsor (person)
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- David B. McBride — cosponsor (person)
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- Deborah Hudson — cosponsor (person)
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- Harvey R. Kenton — cosponsor (person)
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- Jeff N. Spiegelman — cosponsor (person)
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- Joseph E. Miro — cosponsor (person)
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- Kevin S Hensley — cosponsor (person)
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- Lyndon D. Yearick — cosponsor (person)
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- Richard G. Collins — cosponsor (person)
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- Ronald E. Gray — cosponsor (person)
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- Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
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- Stephen Smyk — cosponsor (person)
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- Timothy D. Dukes — cosponsor (person)
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- William R. Outten — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-05-10** Introduced and Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance/Commerce Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2017-06-07** Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance/Commerce) in House with 9 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2017-06-08** Amendment HA 1 to HB 170 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2017-06-08** Amendment HA 1 to HB 170 - Stricken in House
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- **2017-07-02** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
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- **2017-07-12** Assigned to Banking, Business & Insurance Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2018-04-18** Amendment SA 1 to HB 170 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2018-04-19** Reported Out of Committee (Banking, Business & Insurance) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2018-04-24** Amendment SA 1 to HB 170 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 NO `amendment-passage`
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- **2018-04-24** Laid On Table in Senate
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- **2018-04-25** Lifted From Table in Senate
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- **2018-04-25** Laid On Table in Senate
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- **2018-04-25** Lifted From Table in Senate
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- **2018-04-25** Amendment SA 1 to HB 170 - Reconsidered by Senate
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- **2018-04-25** Amendment SA 1 to SA 1 to HB 170 - Introduced and Placed with Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2018-04-25** Amendment SA 1 to SA 1 to HB 170 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 NOT VOTING `amendment-passage`
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- **2018-04-25** Amendment SA 1 to HB 170 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 NOT VOTING `amendment-passage`
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- **2018-04-25** Passed By Senate. Votes: 14 YES 7 NO `passage`
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- **2018-05-01** Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 NO `passage`
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- **2018-05-24** 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/216f25c4-c293-48a1-88ed-d829f99919a8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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