SB 291 Delaware Senate · 152nd General Assembly (2023-2024)

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 6 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE REGISTRATION OF TRADE NAMES, PARTNERSHIPS AND ASSOCIATIONS IN THE SUPERIOR COURT.

Summary
This Act removes the registration of trade names for sole proprietorships, partnerships, and associations in the Superior Court prothonotaries and places registration of such trade names with the Division of Revenue. Additionally, this Act provides that the filing of certificates will be recorded electronically and the fee for such filing is $25.00. Under Superior Court Civil R. 77(h), the current filing fee is $25.00. This change updates the statute consistent with the current fee collected by the Superior Court.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2024
Committee Review
Jun 2024
Senate Passage
May 2024
House Passage
Jun 2024
Signed into Law
Sep 2024
Introduced May 8, 2024 Signed Sep 30, 2024
Floor votes · Senate May 21, 2024 · House Jun 30, 2024

How they voted

200
Passed
Total votes 20
May 21, 2024
D Democratic14
14 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican6
6 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
7
Key actions
5
Committee
2
Sep 30, 2024
Signed into law
Signed by Governor
executive
Jun 30, 2024
Lower · Passed
Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT
lower
Jun 18, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce) in House with 7 On Its Merits
lower
May 22, 2024
Introduced
Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee in House
lower
May 21, 2024
Upper · Passed
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
upper
May 15, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in Senate with 6 On Its Merits
upper
May 8, 2024
Introduced
Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate
upper
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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