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DelawareSB 40 w/ SA 1153rd General Assembly (2024–2026)SenateWALLET

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 10 AND 25 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MANUFACTURED HOUSING AND TENANTS’ RECEIVERSHIP PETITIONS.

Sponsored By: John "Jack" Walsh (Democratic)

Signed by Governor

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

2 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.

Tenants can seek court receivership

Any tenant, a group of tenants, or the Attorney General can ask a Justice of the Peace Court to appoint a receiver. You can file after at least 5 days have passed since you gave the landlord notice. Grounds include no heat, running water, light, electricity, or sewage when the landlord must provide them, or any condition that is imminently dangerous to life, health, or safety. The Attorney General may join your case. Within 10 days of filing, the court sends the petition and case number to the state Consumer Protection Director, unless the Attorney General filed. Filing a petition does not limit your other legal rights.

Stronger state action against bad landlords

The Department of Justice’s Consumer Protection Unit enforces key rules for manufactured home communities. The Attorney General can sue in court when a landlord shows a pattern of breaking rental rules. A pattern of violations counts as unlawful consumer fraud when all are true: tenants did not cause the problem, the landlord had notice, the landlord failed to fix it in time, and the problem risks tenant health, safety, or property. This gives renters stronger tools to make landlords follow the law.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • John "Jack" Walsh

    Democratic • Senate

Cosponsors

  • Frank Burns

    Democratic • House

  • William J. Carson

    Democratic • House

  • Jeff Hilovsky

    Republican • House

  • Kyra L. Hoffner

    Democratic • Senate

  • Russell Huxtable

    Democratic • Senate

  • Kimberly Williams

    Democratic • House

  • Eric Morrison

    Democratic • House

  • Claire Snyder-Hall

    Democratic • House

  • Bryan Townsend

    Democratic • Senate

  • Madinah Wilson-Anton

    Democratic • House

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 57 • No: 0

House vote • 6/26/2025

Passed (SM required)

Yes: 39 • No: 0

Senate vote • 5/20/2025

Passed (SM required)

Yes: 18 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Signed by Governor

    9/3/2025Governor

  2. Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 1 ABSENT 1 VACANT

    6/25/2025House

  3. Reported Out of Committee (Appropriations) in House with 1 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits

    6/18/2025House

  4. Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House

    6/11/2025House

  5. Reported Out of Committee (Housing) in House with 8 On Its Merits

    6/10/2025House

  6. Assigned to Housing Committee in House

    5/21/2025House

  7. Passed By Senate. Votes: 18 YES 1 NOT VOTING 2 ABSENT

    5/20/2025Senate

  8. Amendment SA 1 to SB 40 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 1 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT

    5/20/2025Senate

  9. Reported Out of Committee (Finance) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits

    5/15/2025Senate

  10. Assigned to Finance Committee in Senate

    3/12/2025Senate

  11. Reported Out of Committee (Housing & Land Use) in Senate with 6 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits

    3/12/2025Senate

  12. Amendment SA 1 to SB 40 - Introduced and Placed With Bill

    3/11/2025Senate

  13. Introduced and Assigned to Housing Committee in Senate

    1/10/2025Senate

Bill Text

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    1/10/2025

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