---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 3 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO AGRICULTURE."
description: "This Act allows the Department of Agriculture to establish fees that may be charged for participation in the Delaware Hemp program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "150"
identifier: "HB 219"
citation: "Delaware HB 219 (150)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bruce C. Ennis", "William J. Carson"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 8
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-06-13"
last_action: "2019-07-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4c489e16-83d8-467f-a5ce-816094d3d698"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=47699"
source_hash: "f01c4246f4efc815e4cba43a3f2f4bb09045e3a8fc3a90de25271fc569bdbebd"
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 219 (150) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 3 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO AGRICULTURE.

This Act allows the Department of Agriculture to establish fees that may be charged for participation in the Delaware Hemp program.

## 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=47699&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB219)
2. **HA 1 to HB 219** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=47795&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)

## Votes

- 3/5 — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- 3/5 — **41–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bruce C. Ennis — primary (person)
- William J. Carson — primary (person)
- David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
- Gerald W. Hocker — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrey N. Spiegelman — cosponsor (person)
- John J. Viola — cosponsor (person)
- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-13** Introduced and Assigned to Agriculture Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-06-19** Reported Out of Committee (Agriculture) in House with 8 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2019-06-20** Amendment HA 1 to HB 219 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-20** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
- **2019-06-21** Assigned to Agriculture Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-06-26** Reported Out of Committee (Agriculture) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2019-06-26** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2019-07-17** 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/4c489e16-83d8-467f-a5ce-816094d3d698`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).