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Delaware · 153rd General Assembly (2025-2026) · Bill

HB 57: AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 6 AND 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO HOME CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS.

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 57 is a bill introduced in the Delaware House on March 6, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 6 AND 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO HOME CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS. Primary sponsor: Eric Morrison (Democratic), Russ Huxtable (Democratic), Stephanie Hansen (Democratic). It lists 12 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (April 15, 2025): Tabled in Committee.

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Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

This Act protects consumers by regulating home improvement contracts. Among other things, this Act provides the buyer with a right to cancel home improvement contracts within 3 days (5 days for those over the age of 62 or with a disability); limits contract deposits and material deposits; and time periods in which construction must begin. It also prohibits confessions of judgments and hasty debt transfers. If a party to a home improvement contract violates a provision of this new subchapter, a person who is damaged as a result has a cause of action to seek damages, costs, and reasonable attorney's fees. This Act also creates a requirement that individuals convicted of 2 or more offenses of home improvement fraud after the effective date of this Act must be subject to debarment. This debarment will preclude these individuals from operating a business which engages in home improvement services or from employing other individuals to engage in home improvement services. Debarred individuals may work for a company which engages in home improvement themselves, so long as they are not in control of the company in question. This bill also enhances penalties for home improvement fraud for those with prior convictions for home improvement fraud; and creates enhanced penalties for individuals who engage in home improvement services while operating companies which are not registered with the Delaware Department of Labor’s Contractor Registry.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 13 · Republican 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Eric MorrisonPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse27
Russ HuxtablePrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate6
Stephanie HansenPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate10
Frank BurnsCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse21
Frank CookeCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse16
Kyra HoffnerCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate14
Larry LambertCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse7
Tizzy LockmanCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate3
Sophie PhillipsCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse18
Cyndie RomerCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse25
Danny ShortCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse39
Claire Snyder-HallCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse14
Dave SokolaCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate8
Bryan TownsendCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate11
Dave WilsonCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate18

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Tabled in Committee
  2. Amendment HA 1 to HB 57 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
  3. Introduced and Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee in House

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source