Delaware House Bill 154 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-2)
Status: Passed on August 30 2017 - 100% progression
Action: 2017-08-30 - Signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

Currently, claims that arise at the death of the decedent are treated the same as claims that arise after the decedent's death. This bill changes how claims that arise at the time of decedent's death are treated by including them in the same class of claims that arise during the decedent's lifetime. By making this change, claims that arise at the death of the decedent would need to be based upon the conduct of the decedent rather than the conduct of the personal representative who, at the time of decedent's death, has not yet been appointed.

An Act To Amend Title 12 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Creditors' Claims Against Decedents' Estates.

Rep. Bryon Short [D]	Sen. Brian Bushweller [D]	Sen. Stephanie Hansen [D]	Sen. Bryan Townsend [D]
Rep. Sean Lynn [D]	Rep. Melanie Smith [D]	Sen. David Sokola [D]	Sen. Anthony Delcollo [R]
Rep. Quinton Johnson [D]	Rep. Helene Keeley [D]	Sen. Charles Paradee [D]	Rep. Michael Ramone [R]

2017-07-01 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 19 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2017-06-15 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 33 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 8) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-08-30		Signed by Governor
2017-07-01		Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT
2017-06-21		Reported Out of Committee (Banking, Business & Insurance) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits
2017-06-15		Assigned to Banking, Business & Insurance Committee in Senate
2017-06-15		Passed By House. Votes: 33 YES 8 ABSENT
2017-05-17		Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance/Commerce) in House with 8 On Its Merits
2017-05-02		Introduced and Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance/Commerce Committee in House

Type	Source
Summary	http://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25704
Text	http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=25704&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB154
Roll Call	http://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#18809
Roll Call	http://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#19136