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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

The effective date is missing from the official metadata, so it cannot be confirmed when these rules begin.

Amendment to Delaware Self-Service Storage Rules

This amendment changes rules for storage units in Delaware by requiring written contracts, increasing a notice time frame from 14 to 35 days, and ensuring owners provide notice of reasonable use restrictions.

What This Bill Does

  • Eliminates oral rental agreements or leases for self-storage facilities.
  • Expands the time frame for notice from 14 days to 35 days.
  • Ensures that owners provide notice of any reasonable restrictions on the use of self-storage facilities.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Owners of self-service storage facilities in Delaware
  • Renters who lease space at these facilities

Limits and Unknowns

  • The official text does not state when this law will officially take effect.
  • The bill summary mentions 'reasonable restrictions' but does not list specific examples of what counts as reasonable.

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.