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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 1 AND TITLE 4 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE STANDARD TIME FOR THIS STATE."
+description: "Daylight saving time has existed in one form or another for over 100 years. In that time, Delawareans have become accustomed to the 8 months of daylight saving time each year. This Act provides for Delaware to permanently remain on daylight saving time."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
+legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
+session: "150"
+identifier: "SB 73"
+citation: "Delaware SB 73 (150)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bryan Townsend", "David B. McBride", "David Bentz"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 8
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2019-04-15"
+last_action: "2019-08-12"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/039d4265-b25c-4d4e-ba53-6e21c5bceae3"
+source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=47353"
+source_hash: "1e9de8e980574ab350203fc50247f2a2d2dc61d620514e8c16e7ef000abd5cd4"
+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 73 (150) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 1 AND TITLE 4 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE STANDARD TIME FOR THIS STATE.
+
+Daylight saving time has existed in one form or another for over 100 years. In that time, Delawareans have become accustomed to the 8 months of daylight saving time each year. This Act provides for Delaware to permanently remain on daylight saving time.
+
+## 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=47353&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB73)
+2. **SA 1 to SB 73** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=47680&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
+
+## Votes
+
+- SM — **35–5** (pass) · lower
+- SM — **17–4** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
+- David B. McBride — primary (person)
+- David Bentz — primary (person)
+- Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
+- David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
+- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
+- Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
+- Michael Ramone — cosponsor (person)
+- Nicole Poore — cosponsor (person)
+- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
+- Sean M. Lynn — cosponsor (person)
+- Trey Paradee — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-04-15** Introduced and Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2019-06-11** Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
+- **2019-06-12** Amendment SA 1 to SB 73 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `amendment-passage`
+- **2019-06-12** Passed By Senate. Votes: 17 YES 4 NO `passage`
+- **2019-06-13** Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2019-07-01** Suspension of Rules in House
+- **2019-07-01** Passed By House. Votes: 35 YES 5 NO 1 ABSENT `passage`
+- **2019-08-12** 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/039d4265-b25c-4d4e-ba53-6e21c5bceae3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
+