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HA1TOSB151 • 2025

This amendment provides additional consumer protections to the Delaware Self-Service Storage Facilities Act by eliminating oral rental agreements, expanding the time frame for notice from 14 to 35 days, and ensuring that owners provide notice of any reasonable restrictions on the use of self-storage facilities.

This amendment provides additional consumer protections to the Delaware Self-Service Storage Facilities Act by eliminating oral rental agreements, expanding the time frame for notice from 14 to 35 days, and ensuring that owners provide notice of any reasonable restrictions on the use of self-storage facilities.

Housing
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Bush
Last action
2025-06-26
Official status
Passed 6/26/25
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Delaware Self-Storage Consumer Protection Amendment

This amendment adds more protections for people who rent storage units in Delaware by requiring written agreements, giving longer notice before changes, and informing renters about rules.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires all rental agreements to be in writing instead of allowing oral agreements.
  • Increases the time owners must give tenants notice from 14 days to 35 days.
  • Adds a requirement for storage facility owners to inform tenants about any new rules or restrictions.

Who It Names or Affects

  • People who rent self-storage units in Delaware
  • Owners and operators of self-service storage facilities in Delaware

Terms To Know

oral rental agreement
An agreement between a tenant and a landlord that is made verbally instead of being written down.
notice period
The amount of time given to someone before an action, like ending a lease or changing rules, takes place.

Limits and Unknowns

  • Does not specify what happens if the amendment is not followed by storage facility owners.
  • It does not provide details on how new restrictions must be communicated to tenants.

Bill History

  1. 2025-06-26 Delaware General Assembly

    Passed In House by Voice Vote

  2. 2025-06-18 Delaware General Assembly

    Introduced and Placed With Bill

Official Summary Text

This amendment provides additional consumer protections to the Delaware Self-Service Storage Facilities Act by eliminating oral rental agreements, expanding the time frame for notice from 14 to 35 days, and ensuring that owners provide notice of any reasonable restrictions on the use of self-storage facilities.

Current Bill Text

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Legislation Document

SPONSOR:

Rep. Bush

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

153rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1

TO

SENATE BILL NO. 151

AMEND Senate Bill No. 151 on line 7 by deleting “agreement or lease, written or oral,” as it appears therein and inserting in lieu thereof “

written

agreement or

lease, written or oral,

lease,

”.

FURTHER AMEND Senate Bill No. 151 on line 42 by deleting “is claimed” as it appears therein and inserting in lieu thereof “

is claimed

”.

FURTHER AMEND Senate Bill No. 151 on line 54 by deleting “

14

” as it appears therein and inserting in lieu thereof “

35

”.

FURTHER AMEND Senate Bill No. 151 on line 56 by inserting “

, upon notice,

” after “may” and before “place” therein.

SYNOPSIS

This amendment provides additional consumer protections to the Delaware Self-Service Storage Facilities Act by eliminating oral rental agreements, expanding the time frame for notice from 14 to 35 days, and ensuring that owners provide notice of any reasonable restrictions on the use of self-storage facilities.