---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CONVEYANCE OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE'S INTEREST IN CERTAIN LANDS LOCATED IN NEW CASTLE COUNTY, DELAWARE."
description: "AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CONVEYANCE OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE'S INTEREST IN CERTAIN LANDS LOCATED IN NEW CASTLE COUNTY, DELAWARE."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "149"
identifier: "HB 52"
citation: "Delaware HB 52 (149)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gerald L. Brady", "Harris B. McDowell"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-25"
last_action: "2017-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/82104606-f1eb-4592-ad13-fa9132ebb448"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25423"
source_hash: "cdc9a0e5fcd28d72cbf8dbb67c1954c0d64d2c0d997d251e6e9746855bcda5d1"
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 52 (149) — AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CONVEYANCE OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE'S INTEREST IN CERTAIN LANDS LOCATED IN NEW CASTLE COUNTY, 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=25423&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB52)

## Votes

- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- SM — **37–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gerald L. Brady — primary (person)
- Harris B. McDowell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-25** Introduced and Assigned to Natural Resources Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-15** Reported Out of Committee (Natural Resources) in House with 8 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-03-16** Passed By House. Votes: 37 YES 4 NOT VOTING `passage`
- **2017-03-16** Assigned to Environmental, Natural Resources & Energy Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-22** Reported Out of Committee (Environmental, Natural Resources & Energy) in Senate with 4 Favorable `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-03-23** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2017-04-13** 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/82104606-f1eb-4592-ad13-fa9132ebb448`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).