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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 17 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE ACQUISITION OF REAL PROPERTY."
description: "This bill serves to better define and limit what real property rights the Department of Transportation may acquire. It also corrects a technical error that if left unchanged, will jeopardize the use of federal funds on transportation projects due to non-conformance with the National Environmental Policy Act and federal highway regulations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "149"
identifier: "HB 144"
citation: "Delaware HB 144 (149)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Edward S. Osienski", "Stephanie L. Hansen"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 10
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-04-25"
last_action: "2018-04-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/218f68bf-6b9e-4c6c-b359-e5a4696a1ea7"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25660"
source_hash: "7c6c42b86e8e8f908ae54af3bcb58cf1e4d28234452a5197b899bcab66edc5aa"
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 144 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 17 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE ACQUISITION OF REAL PROPERTY.
This bill serves to better define and limit what real property rights the Department of Transportation may acquire. It also corrects a technical error that if left unchanged, will jeopardize the use of federal funds on transportation projects due to non-conformance with the National Environmental Policy Act and federal highway regulations.
## 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=25660&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB144)
## Votes
- SM — **155** (pass) · upper
- SM — **2812** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
- Stephanie L. Hansen — primary (person)
- Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
- Helene M. Keeley — cosponsor (person)
- James Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
- John Walsh — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-04-25** Introduced and Assigned to Transportation/Land Use and Infrastructure Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-05-10** Reported Out of Committee (Transportation/Land Use and Infrastructure) in House with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2017-06-13** Amendment HA 2 to HB 144 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2017-06-29** Amendment HA 1 to HB 144 - Stricken in House
- **2017-06-29** Amendment HA 2 to HB 144 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2017-06-29** Passed By House. Votes: 28 YES 12 NO 1 NOT VOTING `passage`
- **2017-07-12** Assigned to Transportation Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-13** Reported Out of Committee (Transportation) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-22** Passed By Senate. Votes: 15 YES 5 NO 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2018-04-17** 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/218f68bf-6b9e-4c6c-b359-e5a4696a1ea7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).