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SA1TOSB159 • 2025

This amendment makes a technical correction so that the retroactive effective date of Senate Bill No.

This amendment makes a technical correction so that the retroactive effective date of Senate Bill No.

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Hansen
Last action
2025-06-10
Official status
Passed 6/10/25
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Technical Correction to Effective Date for Senate Bill No. 159

This amendment fixes a date error so that the retroactive start of Senate Bill No. 159 matches when Governor signed Senate Bill No. 170 in 2023.

What This Bill Does

  • Changes line 12 of Senate Bill No. 159 by replacing 'August 8, 2023' with 'August 3, 2023'.
  • Updates lines 13 and 14 to replace the date August 8, 2023 with August 3, 2023.
  • Aligns the retroactive effective date of Senate Bill No. 159 with the signing by the Governor of Senate Bill No. 170 in 2023.

Who It Names or Affects

  • The Delaware State Legislature
  • Entities subject to the rules established by Senate Bill No. 159

Terms To Know

Retroactive effective date
A start date for a law that is set in the past rather than on the day it passes.
Technical correction
A small change made to fix an error or match intended wording without changing the main purpose of the bill.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The text does not explain what Senate Bill No. 159 actually requires people to do.
  • The source does not state why August 8 was originally written instead of August 3.

Bill History

  1. 2025-06-10 Delaware General Assembly

    Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT

  2. 2025-06-06 Delaware General Assembly

    Introduced and Placed With Bill

Official Summary Text

This amendment makes a technical correction so that the retroactive effective date of Senate Bill No. 159 coincides with the signing by the Governor of Senate Bill No. 170 in 2023, as intended.

Current Bill Text

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SPONSOR:

Sen. Hansen

DELAWARE STATE SENATE

153rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY

SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 1

TO

SENATE BILL NO. 159

AMEND Senate Bill No. 159, on line 12, by deleting “

August 8, 2023

” as it appears therein and substituting in lieu thereof “

August 3, 2023

”.

FURTHER AMEND Senate Bill No. 159, on lines 13 and 14 by deleting “August 8, 2023” as it appears therein and substituting in lieu thereof “August 3, 2023”.

SYNOPSIS

This amendment makes a technical correction so that the retroactive effective date of Senate Bill No. 159 coincides with the signing by the Governor of Senate Bill No. 170 in 2023, as intended.

Author: Senator Hansen