DE HB 217
enactedAN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 25 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO KEY SURRENDER IN RESIDENTIAL LEASES.
Delaware · 2025-2026 Regular Session (153rd General Assembly) · lower
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Quick answers
Did DE HB 217 pass?
Yes. DE HB 217 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-06-24): Signed by Governor
What is DE HB 217 about?
This Act requires a lease to set forth clear procedures for the surrender of rental unit keys at the end of the rental term in residential leases, and provides default procedures for key return when there is no lease provision or other agreement.
Who sponsors DE HB 217?
Shannon Morris, Spiros Mantzavinos, Mara Gorman and 2 others are the primary sponsors of DE HB 217.
Description
This Act requires a lease to set forth clear procedures for the surrender of rental unit keys at the end of the rental term in residential leases, and provides default procedures for key return when there is no lease provision or other agreement.
- Introduced
- 2025-06-17
- Latest action
- 2026-06-24 — Signed by Governor
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Sponsors
- Shannon Morrisprimary
- Spiros Mantzavinosprimary
- Mara Gormanprimary
- Josue O Ortegaprimary
- Kendra Johnsonprimary
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
Newest first
2026-06-24
Signed by Governor
executive-signature
2026-06-16
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
passage
2026-05-20
Reported Out of Committee (Housing & Land Use) in Senate with 5 Favorable
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2026-05-14
Assigned to Housing & Land Use Committee in Senate
introduction,referral-committee
2026-05-14
Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 1 NOT VOTING 2 ABSENT
passage
2026-05-14
Amendment HA 1 to HB 217 - Passed In House by Voice Vote
amendment-passage
2026-05-12
Amendment HA 1 to HB 217 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
amendment-introduction
2026-03-10
Reported Out of Committee (Housing) in House with 2 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2025-06-17
Introduced and Assigned to Housing Committee in House
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Votes
SM
2026-05-14 · pass · 38-0
Member-level votes (41)
- Alonna Berry: yes
- Stephanie T. Bolden: yes
- Frank Burns: yes
- William Bush: yes
- William J. Carson: yes
- Nnamdi O. Chukwuocha: yes
- Richard G. Collins: yes
- Franklin D. Cooke: yes
- Daniel B. Short: yes
- Timothy D. Dukes: yes
- Mara Gorman: yes
- Ronald E. Gray: yes
- Krista Griffith: yes
- Kerri Evelyn Harris: yes
- Debra Heffernan: yes
- Kevin S Hensley: other
- Jeff Hilovsky: yes
- Valerie Jones Giltner: other
- Kendra Johnson: yes
- Kimberly Williams: yes
- Kamela T Smith: yes
- Larry Lambert: yes
- Sean M. Lynn: yes
- Michael F. Smith: other
- Melissa Minor-Brown: yes
- Shannon Morris: yes
- Eric Morrison: yes
- DeShanna U Neal: yes
- Josue O Ortega: yes
- Edward S. Osienski: yes
- Sophie Phillips: yes
- Charles S Postles Jr.: yes
- Cyndie Romer: yes
- Melanie Ross Levin: yes
- Sherae'a Moore: yes
- Bryan W. Shupe: yes
- Claire Snyder-Hall: yes
- Jeffrey N. Spiegelman: yes
- Jesse R. Vanderwende: yes
- Madinah Wilson-Anton: yes
- Lyndon D. Yearick: yes
SM
2026-06-16 · pass · 21-0
Member-level votes (21)
- Darius J. Brown: yes
- Eric Buckson: yes
- Daniel Cruce: yes
- Stephanie L. Hansen: yes
- Gerald W. Hocker: yes
- Kyra L. Hoffner: yes
- Russell Huxtable: yes
- Dave G. Lawson: yes
- S. Elizabeth Lockman: yes
- Spiros Mantzavinos: yes
- Trey Paradee: yes
- Brian Pettyjohn: yes
- Marie Pinkney: yes
- Nicole Poore: yes
- Bryant L. Richardson: yes
- Ray Seigfried: yes
- David P. Sokola: yes
- Laura V. Sturgeon: yes
- Bryan Townsend: yes
- John "Jack" Walsh: yes
- David L. Wilson: yes
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