Delaware House Bill 173 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-1)
Status: Introduced on June 5 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-06-05 - Introduced and Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance/Commerce Committee in House
Pending: House Economic Development/Banking/Insurance/Commerce Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

This bill refines the regulation of residential door-to-door solicitations. Specifically, Section one expands the definition of “door-to-door sale” by including the placement of business cards, advertisements, or leaflets at homes. Section two specifies that salesperson identification cards are not required where the solicitation is not in person, but rather is made solely via telephone, mail, email, or Internet. Section three removes the exception for nonprofits, public utilities, and cable operators relative to the 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. solicitation time window. Section four permits residents to prohibit solicitations at their residences by providing written notice to solicitors or by posting signage at a residence entrance. And Section five simply renumbers the enforcement section.

An Act To Amend Title 6 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Door-to-door Solicitations.

Rep. D.E. Williams [D]	Sen. Catherine Cloutier [R]	Rep. Debra Heffernan [D]	Rep. Valerie Longhurst [D]
Rep. Michael Mulrooney [D]	Sen. Nicole Poore [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-06-05	House	Introduced and Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance/Commerce Committee in House

Type	Source
Summary	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis147.nsf/2bede841c6272c888025698400433a04/70879ef69fb49a2f85257b4f0069fb11?OpenDocument
Text	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis147.nsf/vwLegislation/HB+173/$file/legis.html?open