HCR 147 Delaware House · 153rd General Assembly (2025-2026)

REQUESTING THAT THE COURT OF CHANCERY PROVIDE A REPORT ON THE FEASIBILITY OF MAKING AUDIO RECORDINGS OF COURT PROCEEDINGS AND A RANDOMIZED, AUTOMATED CASE ASSIGNMENT SYSTEM.

Summary

This House Concurrent Resolution requests that the Court of Chancery submit a report to the General Assembly on the following: (1) The feasibility of audio recording and publicly posting all Court of Chancery proceedings, with exceptions for confidential matters. (2) Proposed statutory language to codify a randomized, automated case assignment system in the Court of Chancery, including equipment and technology that will be used to randomly assign cases. The report must be submitted to the General Assembly and the Director and the Librarian of the Division of Legislative Services no later than December 31, 2026.

Issues: ✓ Technology

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jun 2026

Committee Review

Jun 2026

House Passage

Jul 2026

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Jun 9, 2026 Last action Jul 1, 2026

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What changed between versions

HA 2 to HCR 147 → Bill Text · 4 edits

MODERATE

The final bill text restores two elements that House Amendment No. 2 had removed or altered: it brings back the requirement for the Court of Chancery to propose statutory language for a randomized, automated case assignment system, and it reverts the report deadline from March 30, 2027 back to December 31, 2026. The final resolution requires the Court of Chancery to submit a feasibility report covering both audio recording of proceedings and the case assignment system by the earlier date.

SCOPE

Restored the requirement for the Court of Chancery to propose statutory language codifying a randomized, automated case assignment system, including equipment and technology details. This had been removed by House Amendment No. 2.

TIMELINE

The report deadline was changed from March 30, 2027 (as proposed in HA 2) back to December 31, 2026, giving the Court of Chancery roughly three fewer months to complete its feasibility report.

REQUIREMENT

The final text specifies five distinct items the report must contain: feasibility of posting audio recordings, estimated cost, estimated implementation time, how confidential proceedings will be identified, and proposed statutory language for the case assignment system.

TECHNICAL

Additional sponsors were added: Sen. Buckson joined Rep. Smith as primary sponsor, and Rep. Hilovsky along with Sens. Lawson and Wilson were added as co-sponsors.

Floor votes · House Jul 1, 2026

How they voted

26–11

Passed · 4 other

Total votes 41

Jul 1, 2026

D Democratic27

12 Yea 11 Nay 4

44% Yea

R Republican14

14 Yea

100% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

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Committee

Amendments

Jul 1, 2026

Lower · Passed

Passed By House. Votes: 26 YES 11 NO 4 NOT VOTING

lower

Jul 1, 2026

Lower · Passed

Amendment HA 2 to HCR 147 - Passed In House by Voice Vote

lower

Jul 1, 2026

Introduced

Amendment HA 1 to HCR 147 - Stricken in House

lower

Jun 29, 2026

Introduced

Amendment HA 2 to HCR 147 - Introduced and Placed With Bill

lower

Jun 23, 2026

Introduced

Amendment HA 1 to HCR 147 - Introduced and Placed With Bill

lower

Jun 17, 2026

Lower · Passed

Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 1 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits

lower

Jun 9, 2026

Introduced

Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House

lower

5 primary · 0 co-sponsors