# Delaware HB 380: AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 6 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PERSONAL DATA PRIVACY. Delaware HB 380, AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 6 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PERSONAL DATA PRIVACY., is a 153rd General Assembly (2024–2026) House bill sponsored by Krista Griffith (Democratic); status signed, last action 2026-09-02 (Signed by Governor) (as of 2026-10-19). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/DE-HB380-153 - As of: 2026-10-19 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Delaware HB 380 - State: Delaware - Session: 153rd General Assembly (2024–2026) - Title: AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 6 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PERSONAL DATA PRIVACY. - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2026-04-16 - Last action: 2026-09-02, Signed by Governor - Sponsor: Krista Griffith (Democratic) - Cosponsors: 32 - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 2 (45 yes, 15 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 9 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Consent protects teens and sensitive-data sales: benefit, medium. Businesses need consent for targeted advertising, data sales, and covered major-decision profiling involving consumers ages 13–17. This applies when a business knows or willfully ignores the consumer's age. For consumers of any age, selling sensitive data requires consent obtained through clear, co… - Delaware consumers get clearer privacy choices: benefit, medium. You can request your personal data and inferences, including information about profiling used for major automated decisions. You can also request third-party recipient names, subject to limits for pseudonymous data and trade secrets. If compiling your recipient list takes unreasonable effort, the b… - Residents can challenge harmful data-based decisions: benefit, medium. Reports include data summaries, recommendations, profiling, and automated decisions used for major decisions about Delaware residents. These decisions can affect loans, housing, insurance, education, jobs, health care, criminal justice, or essential goods and services. Contracts for shared reports… - Delaware Justice Department enforces privacy protections: benefit, low. Privacy-law violations count as unlawful practices under Delaware's unfair trade practices law. The Delaware Department of Justice has sole enforcement authority. Beginning January 1, 2026, it can consider the law's listed factors when deciding whether to offer a chance to fix an alleged violation. - More Delaware businesses must protect privacy: benefit, low. These privacy changes take effect January 1, 2027. Coverage includes businesses operating in Delaware or targeting Delaware residents. The main threshold falls from 35,000 to 10,000 consumers whose data was processed in the prior calendar year. A separate threshold falls from 10,000 to 5,000 consum… - Risky consumer-data uses require regular reviews: benefit, low. The threshold for regular data-protection reviews falls from 100,000 to 50,000 consumers processed in the prior year. Payment-only data does not count. Reviews cover risky uses such as targeted advertising, data sales, sensitive-data processing, and specified profiling. Businesses using profiling f… - Shared consumer data gets stronger safeguards: benefit, low. Businesses must use binding contracts for processors and third parties receiving personal data, including sales and targeted-advertising disclosures. Contracts must limit uses, require equal or stronger privacy protections, and allow monitoring and action to fix problems. Recipients must report whe… - Stronger limits protect Delaware personal data: benefit, low. Sensitive-data protections expand to cover revealing inferences, neural data, financial-account access details, and certain nonpublic government ID numbers. Protected traits include race, religion, health and pregnancy, sexuality, gender status, and citizenship or immigration status. Identifiable b… - Privacy exemptions require proof, liability stays limited: mixed, low. Businesses claiming a processing exemption must prove it applies and meet necessity, proportionality, purpose limits, and security requirements. A business sharing data avoids liability solely for a recipient's violation only without actual knowledge and after reasonable diligence and contract over… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Krista Griffith (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Alonna Berry (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Stephanie T. Bolden (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Frank Burns (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: William Bush (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: William J. Carson (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Nnamdi O. Chukwuocha (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Franklin D. Cooke (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Daniel Cruce (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Mara Gorman (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Stephanie L. Hansen (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Kerri Evelyn Harris (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Debra Heffernan (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Kyra L. Hoffner (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Russell Huxtable (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Kendra Johnson (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Larry Lambert (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: S. Elizabeth Lockman (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Sean M. Lynn (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Melissa Minor-Brown (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Eric Morrison (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: DeShanna U Neal (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Edward S. Osienski (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Sophie Phillips (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Marie Pinkney (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Nicole Poore (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Cyndie Romer (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Melanie Ross Levin (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Ray Seigfried (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: David P. Sokola (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Laura V. Sturgeon (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Bryan Townsend (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: John "Jack" Walsh (Democratic), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-06-16 | Senate | Passed (SM required) | pass | 15 | 6 | | | 2026-05-21 | House | Passed (SM required) | pass | 30 | 9 | | ## Actions (11) - 2026-09-02: Signed by Governor (Governor) - 2026-06-16: Passed By Senate. Votes: 15 YES 6 NO (Senate) - 2026-06-10: Reported Out of Committee (Banking, Business, Insurance & Technology) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits (Senate) - 2026-05-21: Assigned to Banking, Business, Insurance & Technology Committee in Senate (Senate) - 2026-05-21: Passed By House. Votes: 30 YES 9 NO 2 ABSENT (House) - 2026-05-21: Amendment HA 2 to HB 380 - Passed In House by Voice Vote (House) - 2026-05-21: Amendment HA 1 to HB 380 - Stricken in House (House) - 2026-05-21: Amendment HA 2 to HB 380 - Introduced and Placed With Bill (House) - 2026-05-14: Amendment HA 1 to HB 380 - Introduced and Placed With Bill (House) - 2026-04-21: Reported Out of Committee (Technology & Telecommunications) in House with 5 On Its Merits (House) - 2026-04-16: Introduced and Assigned to Technology & Telecommunications Committee in House (House) ## Bill text - Current, 2026-04-16: [HTML](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=143105&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2) ## Related bills - HS 1 for HB 449: AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 24 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DIETITIAN/NUTRITIONIST LICENSURE ACT. (passed house) - HB 357: AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 10 AND 13 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DUTY TO SUPPORT POOR PERSONS. (signed) - SB 231: AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKERS. (vetoed) - SB 279: AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SCHOOL-BASED OCCUPATIONAL THERAPISTS. (vetoed) - HB 393: AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 26 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PROTECTIONS FOR PUBLIC UTILITY CONSUMERS. (vetoed) - HB 356: AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PFAS IN FIREFIGHTING FOAM AND EQUIPMENT. (failed) ## Sources - [Current (HTML)](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=143105&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2) ## Related - [HS 1 for HB 449: AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 24 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DIETITIAN/NUTRITI…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/DE-HS1FORHB449-153) - [HB 357: AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 10 AND 13 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DUTY TO S…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/DE-HB357-153) - [SB 231: AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKERS.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/DE-SB231-153) - [SB 279: AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SCHOOL-BASED OCCUPATI…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/DE-SB279-153) - [HB 393: AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 26 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PROTECTIONS FOR PUBLI…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/DE-HB393-153) - [HB 356: AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PFAS IN FIREFIGHTING…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/DE-HB356-153) - [Delaware bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/delaware/bills) - [Delaware state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/delaware) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/DE-HB380-153 (as of 2026-10-19).