Delaware House Bill 338 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-4)
Status: Passed on October 14 2022 - 100% progression
Action: 2022-10-14 - Signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

This Act provides an automatic satisfaction of a mortgage 10 years after the maturity date as stated in the mortgage or any recorded extension of the mortgage or, in the absence of a stated maturity date, 40 years after the recording of the mortgage or any extension of the mortgage. This Act also reduces the time after which an attorney may file a certificate of satisfaction under § 2123 of Title 25 of the Delaware Code to 10 years after the maturity date and 40 years after the recording of a mortgage.

An Act To Amend Title 25 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Satisfaction Of Mortgages After A Lapse Of Time.

Rep. William Bush [D]	Sen. Spiros Mantzavinos [D]	Sen. Kyle Gay [D]	Sen. Stephanie Hansen [D]
Sen. Bryan Townsend [D]	Rep. Krista Griffith [D]	Rep. Sean Lynn [D]	Sen. Charles Paradee [D]
Sen. Jack Walsh [D]	Rep. Kevin Hensley [R]	Rep. Michael Ramone [R]	Rep. Michael Smith [R]
Rep. Jeffrey Spiegelman [R]	Rep. Kimberly Williams [D]

2022-06-28 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 21 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-04-12 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 41 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-10-14		Signed by Governor
2022-06-28		Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
2022-05-11		Reported Out of Committee (Banking, Business & Insurance) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits
2022-04-12		Assigned to Banking, Business & Insurance Committee in Senate
2022-04-12		Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES
2022-04-12		Amendment HA 1 to HB 338 - Passed In House by Voice Vote
2022-04-12		Amendment HA 1 to HB 338 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
2022-04-05		Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce) in House with 1 Favorable, 9 On Its Merits
2022-03-15		Introduced and Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee in House

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Text	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=79230&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB338
Text	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocumentEngrossment?engrossmentId=25055&docTypeId=6
Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#53030
Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#53720