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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 9 AND 22 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO COUNTIES, MUNICIPALITIES AND PUBLIC LANDS."
+description: "This act provides greater flexibility for County and Municipal governments to enter into public-private partnerships for public lands. These agreements provide opportunities for the preservation of public land and limit the amount of government money required to maintain the land."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
+legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
+session: "149"
+identifier: "SB 246"
+citation: "Delaware SB 246 (149)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Harris B. McDowell"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2018-06-12"
+last_action: "2018-07-25"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5593ebf8-3476-4216-9280-512f7c2e3f1a"
+source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26837"
+source_hash: "5ecc980aa8fbb82fdd81577cd4aaf458fa55eeef50c98aaf3d573450b9adc660"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
+---
+
+# Delaware SB 246 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 9 AND 22 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO COUNTIES, MUNICIPALITIES AND PUBLIC LANDS.
+
+This act provides greater flexibility for County and Municipal governments to enter into public-private partnerships for public lands. These agreements provide opportunities for the preservation of public land and limit the amount of government money required to maintain the land.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=26837&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB246)
+
+## Votes
+
+- SM — **20–0** (pass) · upper
+- SM — **17–0** (pass) · upper
+- SM — **32–8** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Harris B. McDowell — primary (person)
+- Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
+- David B. McBride — cosponsor (person)
+- Debra Heffernan — cosponsor (person)
+- John Walsh — cosponsor (person)
+- Nicole Poore — cosponsor (person)
+- Robert Marshall — cosponsor (person)
+- Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-06-12** Introduced and Assigned to Finance Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2018-06-13** Reported Out of Committee (Finance) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
+- **2018-06-14** Amendment SA 1 to SB 246 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 17 YES 4 ABSENT `amendment-passage`
+- **2018-06-14** Passed By Senate. Votes: 17 YES 4 ABSENT `passage`
+- **2018-06-15** Assigned to Housing & Community Affairs Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2018-06-19** Re-Assigned to Natural Resources Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2018-06-20** Amendment HA 1 to SB 246 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
+- **2018-06-20** Reported Out of Committee (Natural Resources) in House with 6 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
+- **2018-07-01** Amendment HA 1 to SB 246 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
+- **2018-07-01** Passed By House. Votes: 32 YES 8 NO 1 ABSENT `passage`
+- **2018-07-01** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
+- **2018-07-25** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5593ebf8-3476-4216-9280-512f7c2e3f1a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
+