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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 8 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE GENERAL CORPORATION LAW."
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description: "This Act continues the practice of amending periodically the Delaware General Corporation Law (“DGCL”) to keep it current and maintain its national preeminence. The following is a section-by-section review of the proposed amendments to the DGCL."
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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: "HB 353"
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citation: "Delaware HB 353 (153)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Brian Pettyjohn", "Bryan Townsend", "Darius J. Brown", "David L. Wilson", "David P. Sokola", "Franklin D. Cooke", "John \"Jack\" Walsh", "Josue O Ortega", "Kerri Evelyn Harris", "Krista Griffith", "Melanie Ross Levin", "Michael F. Smith", "Ray Seigfried", "Sarah McBride"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 9
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2026-04-09"
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last_action: "2026-06-10"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5fda9549-9894-4abf-9bb9-afa10e76b54a"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=143065"
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source_hash: "d076dbe9c6a35ea65a9591b089b307a6a393828f3e7d9d73e16b0e6ce823b58d"
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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 353 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 8 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE GENERAL CORPORATION LAW.
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This Act continues the practice of amending periodically the Delaware General Corporation Law (“DGCL”) to keep it current and maintain its national preeminence. The following is a section-by-section review of the proposed amendments to the DGCL.
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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 HB 353** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=143142&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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## Votes
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- 2/3 — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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- 2/3 — **38–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
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- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
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- Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
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- David L. Wilson — primary (person)
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- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
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- Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
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- John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
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- Josue O Ortega — primary (person)
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- Kerri Evelyn Harris — primary (person)
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- Krista Griffith — primary (person)
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- Melanie Ross Levin — primary (person)
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- Michael F. Smith — primary (person)
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- Ray Seigfried — primary (person)
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- Sarah McBride — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-04-09** Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2026-04-15** Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 6 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2026-04-21** Amendment HA 1 to HB 353 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2026-04-21** Amendment HA 1 to HB 353 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2026-04-21** Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 3 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2026-04-21** Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2026-05-06** Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-05-19** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2026-06-10** 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/5fda9549-9894-4abf-9bb9-afa10e76b54a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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