---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE COMMISSION ON DELAWARE AFRICAN AND CARIBBEAN AFFAIRS."
description: "This Act creates the Delaware African and Caribbean Affairs Commission."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "149"
identifier: "HB 150"
citation: "Delaware HB 150 (149)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bryan Townsend", "Charles Potter Jr.", "James Johnson", "Margaret Rose Henry", "Stephanie T. Bolden", "Valerie Longhurst"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-04-25"
last_action: "2017-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5dd837e8-d9de-42ef-8d9d-88cff06ffe6a"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25666"
source_hash: "44ec9e62a529c2bd3eb8c2fa4d8c291a5dc596668a0e707f2d1b0f83f003c959"
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 HB 150 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE COMMISSION ON DELAWARE AFRICAN AND CARIBBEAN AFFAIRS.

This Act creates the Delaware African and Caribbean Affairs Commission.

## 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=25666&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB150)

## Votes

- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower
- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower
- SM — **19–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
- Charles Potter Jr. — primary (person)
- James Johnson — primary (person)
- Margaret Rose Henry — primary (person)
- Stephanie T. Bolden — primary (person)
- Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
- Bryant L. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- Debra Heffernan — cosponsor (person)
- John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
- John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy D. Dukes — cosponsor (person)
- Trey Charles Paradee — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-04-25** Introduced and Assigned to House Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-05-03** Reported Out of Committee (House Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2017-05-04** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2017-05-05** Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-05-18** Amendment SA 1 to HB 150 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2017-05-18** Amendment SA 1 to HB 150 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `amendment-passage`
- **2017-05-18** Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 1 NO 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2017-05-18** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2017-05-26** 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/5dd837e8-d9de-42ef-8d9d-88cff06ffe6a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).