Delaware House Bill 223 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 15-3)
Status: Passed on August 10 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-08-10 - Signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

This Act clarifies that when a motor vehicle is subject to a possessory lien either through towing or because of failure to make payment to a garage owner for services rendered to the motor vehicle, the possessory lien does not extend to personal property located in the motor vehicle, and such property shall be returned to the owner if the owner claims the items prior to the sale of such vehicle This Act also clarifies that abandoned personal property does not include personal property inside an abandoned motor vehicle if the owner of the personal property files an answer to a Petition seeking full title and interest to the personal property.

An Act To Amend Titles 21 And 25 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Possessory And Other Certain Liens On Motor Vehicles.

Rep. Edward Osienski [D]	Sen. Elizabeth Lockman [D]	Sen. Stephanie Hansen [D]	Sen. Colin Bonini [R]
Sen. Bruce Ennis [D]	Sen. Spiros Mantzavinos [D]	Sen. Marie Pinkney [D]	Sen. Bryant Richardson [R]
Sen. Bryan Townsend [D]	Rep. Paul Baumbach [D]	Rep. Ruth Briggs King [R]	Rep. Krista Griffith [D]
Rep. Debra Heffernan [D]	Rep. Kendra Johnson [D]	Rep. Sherae'a Moore [D]	Rep. Eric Morrison [D]
Rep. Kimberly Williams [D]	Rep. Madinah Wilson-Anton [D]

2021-06-29 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 21 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-06-22 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 41 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-08-10		Signed by Governor
2021-06-29		Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
2021-06-29		Reported Out of Committee (Transportation) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits
2021-06-22		Assigned to Transportation Committee in Senate
2021-06-22		Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES
2021-06-16		Reported Out of Committee (Transportation/Land Use and Infrastructure) in House with 2 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits
2021-06-03		Introduced and Assigned to Transportation/Land Use and Infrastructure Committee in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=78804
Text	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=78804&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB223
Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#52384
Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#52600