---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 3 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO AGRICULTURE."
description: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 3 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO AGRICULTURE."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "149"
identifier: "SB 21"
citation: "Delaware SB 21 (149)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian Pettyjohn", "Bruce C. Ennis", "William J. Carson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-26"
last_action: "2017-06-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6eb60c12-693e-467a-8847-b64b91f9c36a"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25426"
source_hash: "a3cb7838033af6dd7ee05b9c57a2fdb175a1c435d7db0416b4bce7e981690d67"
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 21 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 3 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO AGRICULTURE.

## 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=25426&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB21)

## Votes

- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower
- SM — **18–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
- Bruce C. Ennis — primary (person)
- William J. Carson — primary (person)
- Bryant L. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- Charles S Postles Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel B. Short — cosponsor (person)
- Debra Heffernan — cosponsor (person)
- Ernesto B Lopez — cosponsor (person)
- F. Gary Simpson — cosponsor (person)
- Harvey R. Kenton — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff N. Spiegelman — cosponsor (person)
- John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
- Quinton Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy D. Dukes — cosponsor (person)
- Trey Charles Paradee — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-26** Introduced and Assigned to Agriculture Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-22** Reported Out of Committee (Agriculture) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-03-28** Amendment SA 1 to SB 21 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2017-03-28** Amendment SA 1 to SB 21 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 18 YES 3 ABSENT `amendment-passage`
- **2017-03-28** Passed By Senate. Votes: 18 YES 3 ABSENT `passage`
- **2017-03-29** Assigned to Agriculture Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-26** Reported Out of Committee (Agriculture) in House with 4 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-05-02** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2017-06-08** 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/6eb60c12-693e-467a-8847-b64b91f9c36a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).