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

SB 230: AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 9 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SUBPOENA POWER.

Enacted 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

SB 230 is a bill introduced in the Delaware Senate on January 22, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 9 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SUBPOENA POWER. Primary sponsor: Spiros Mantzavinos (Democratic), Frank Burns (Democratic). It lists 14 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (March 12, 2026): Signed by Governor.

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Official summary

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

This Act is a substitute bill for Senate Bill No. 230 and differs from Senate Bill No. 230 by removing the language related to Section 284 of the Delaware General Corporation Law. This Act defines, for purposes of this section, “county authority” as the Chief Financial Officer of the Office of Finance, the Director of the Department of Finance of Kent County, and the Finance Director of Sussex County. This Act expressly authorizes the county authority to compel the production of testimony and documentary evidence whenever a county relies upon, or defends its reliance upon, the income approach or cost comparison approaches to assess the fair market value of real property. This Act permits the enforcement of subpoenas by order of the Superior Court and permits use of the court’s contempt powers.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 16

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Spiros MantzavinosPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate7
Frank BurnsPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse21
Nnamdi ChukwuochaCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse1
Dan CruceCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate1
Mara GormanCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse23
Kerri HarrisCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse32
Kyra HoffnerCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate14
Russ HuxtableCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate6
Tizzy LockmanCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate3
Melissa Minor-BrownCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse17
Eric MorrisonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse27
Cyndie RomerCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse25
Claire Snyder-HallCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse14
Bryan TownsendCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate11
Jack WalshCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate9
Kim WilliamsCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse19

“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. Signed by Governor
  2. Passed By Senate. Votes: 16 YES 1 NO 3 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT
  3. Passed By House. Votes: 37 YES 4 ABSENT
  4. Amendment HA 1 to SS 1 - Passed In House by Voice Vote
  5. Amendment HA 1 to SS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
  6. Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 3 On Its Merits
  7. Assigned to Administration Committee in House
  8. Passed By Senate. Votes: 15 YES 1 NO 4 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT
  9. Amendment SA 1 to SS 1 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT
  10. Amendment SA 1 to SS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
  11. was introduced and adopted in lieu of SB 230

Sources

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