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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DELAWARE HISPANIC COMMISSION."
+description: "This Act codifies the Delaware Hispanic Commission (“Commission”). The Commission was created by former Governor Jack Markell in Executive Order Number 28 to combine and streamline the duties of the former Governor’s Council on Hispanic Affairs and the former Governor’s Consortium on Hispanic Affairs. Under the executive order, the Commission’s duty is to advise the Governor, the Governor’s Cabinet, and members of the General Assembly on matters that are important to people of Hispanic descent in Delaware."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
+legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
+session: "152"
+identifier: "SB 286"
+citation: "Delaware SB 286 (152)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bryan Townsend", "Darius J. Brown", "David P. Sokola", "Eric Morrison", "Kendra Johnson", "Kerri Evelyn Harris", "Laura V. Sturgeon", "Lyndon D. Yearick", "Michael F. Smith", "Paul S. Baumbach", "Peter C. Schwartzkopf", "S. Elizabeth Lockman", "Sarah McBride", "Sean Matthews", "Sherry Dorsey Walker", "Spiros Mantzavinos"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 8
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2024-05-13"
+last_action: "2024-09-26"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/96cc133e-41de-4a90-84e0-badf9805b513"
+source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141348"
+source_hash: "423f288441d43c4d0c629b7d6d2e5a998f93a036e92e37273990acc867579795"
+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 286 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DELAWARE HISPANIC COMMISSION.
+
+This Act codifies the Delaware Hispanic Commission (“Commission”). The Commission was created by former Governor Jack Markell in Executive Order Number 28 to combine and streamline the duties of the former Governor’s Council on Hispanic Affairs and the former Governor’s Consortium on Hispanic Affairs. Under the executive order, the Commission’s duty is to advise the Governor, the Governor’s Cabinet, and members of the General Assembly on matters that are important to people of Hispanic descent in Delaware.
+
+## 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=141348&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB286)
+
+## Votes
+
+- SM — **18–0** (pass) · upper
+- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
+- Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
+- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
+- Eric Morrison — primary (person)
+- Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
+- Kerri Evelyn Harris — primary (person)
+- Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
+- Lyndon D. Yearick — primary (person)
+- Michael F. Smith — primary (person)
+- Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
+- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
+- S. Elizabeth Lockman — primary (person)
+- Sarah McBride — primary (person)
+- Sean Matthews — primary (person)
+- Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
+- Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-05-13** Introduced and Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2024-05-22** Suspension of Rules in Senate
+- **2024-05-22** Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 4 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-05-23** Passed By Senate. Votes: 18 YES 3 ABSENT `passage`
+- **2024-06-06** Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2024-06-18** Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
+- **2024-06-26** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
+- **2024-09-26** 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/96cc133e-41de-4a90-84e0-badf9805b513`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
+