---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DIVISION OF THE ARTS."
description: "This Act is a result of the Joint Legislative Oversight and Sunset Committee's review of the Delaware State Arts Council, and does the following:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "152"
identifier: "SB 136"
citation: "Delaware SB 136 (152)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian Pettyjohn", "Bryan Townsend", "Bryant L. Richardson", "Kendra Johnson", "Kyra L. Hoffner", "Richard G. Collins", "Russell Huxtable", "Sherry Dorsey Walker", "Stell Parker Selby"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-05-19"
last_action: "2023-07-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0e369d2e-c843-4428-af06-027ef1f06f88"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=140439"
source_hash: "f2996ef6a9177e7a5d82371e4399527ab33235a206463760b20a33923eb8ef5f"
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 136 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DIVISION OF THE ARTS.

This Act is a result of the Joint Legislative Oversight and Sunset Committee's review of the Delaware State Arts Council, and does the following:

## 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=140439&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB136)

## Votes

- SM — **38–0** (pass) · lower
- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
- Bryant L. Richardson — primary (person)
- Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
- Kyra L. Hoffner — primary (person)
- Richard G. Collins — primary (person)
- Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
- Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
- Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-19** Introduced and Assigned to Legislative Oversight & Sunset Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-07** Reported Out of Committee (Legislative Oversight & Sunset) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2023-06-13** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2023-06-14** Assigned to Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability) Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-20** Reported Out of Committee (Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability)) in House with 3 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-22** Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 3 ABSENT `passage`
- **2023-07-25** 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/0e369d2e-c843-4428-af06-027ef1f06f88`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).