---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO FISHING."
description: "This Act changes the composition of the Council on Recreational Fishing Funding."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "150"
identifier: "SB 80"
citation: "Delaware SB 80 (150)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gerald W. Hocker", "Ronald E. Gray"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-05-07"
last_action: "2019-07-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aade57ea-b490-4f82-9184-c3c5d6589e71"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=47392"
source_hash: "b3c95ad2ea855af6c2fdbcc90bb31ca1ce2786963ca9b6b8e62217da73ce05a9"
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 80 (150) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO FISHING.

This Act changes the composition of the Council on Recreational Fishing Funding.

## 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=47392&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB80)

## Votes

- 2/3 — **41–0** (pass) · lower
- SM — **19–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gerald W. Hocker — primary (person)
- Ronald E. Gray — primary (person)
- David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — cosponsor (person)
- Richard G. Collins — cosponsor (person)
- Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy D. Dukes — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-07** Introduced and Assigned to Elections, Govt. & Community Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-15** Reported Out of Committee (Elections, Govt. & Community Affairs) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-16** Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT `passage`
- **2019-05-30** Assigned to Natural Resources Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-06-12** Reported Out of Committee (Natural Resources) in House with 7 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2019-06-26** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
- **2019-07-04** 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/aade57ea-b490-4f82-9184-c3c5d6589e71`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).