republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/149/hb-226.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO STATE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSFERRING THE FUNCTIONS OF THE DELAWARE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OFFICE TO A DIVISION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE.	Recognizing a fundamental economic change toward businesses that require innovation, The Honorable John C. Carney, Governor of the State of Delaware, issued Executive Order One on January 18, 2017 creating a Working Group of business and government leaders to study methods to improve coordination between the public and private sectors, attract growing businesses and foster economic development throughout the State. The Governor appointed members of the Working Group representing government, business leaders and the community.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	149	HB 226	Delaware HB 226 (149)	bill		enacted	Brian Pettyjohn Bryon H. Short John Walsh Lyndon D. Yearick	1	12	2	2017-06-13	2017-06-30	openstates	ocd-bill/a5bbd126-c00a-4c74-bd90-f6d5d58d7cf4	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25956	169aa5da8d117310a157aeac528ed1e48f3efbf0a26a4e864bce2ad9208e419d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 226 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO STATE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSFERRING THE FUNCTIONS OF THE DELAWARE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OFFICE TO A DIVISION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE.

Recognizing a fundamental economic change toward businesses that require innovation, The Honorable John C. Carney, Governor of the State of Delaware, issued Executive Order One on January 18, 2017 creating a Working Group of business and government leaders to study methods to improve coordination between the public and private sectors, attract growing businesses and foster economic development throughout the State. The Governor appointed members of the Working Group representing government, business leaders and the community.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 34–6 (pass) · lower
• SM — 19–2 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
• Bryon H. Short — primary (person)
• John Walsh — primary (person)
• Lyndon D. Yearick — primary (person)
• Anthony Delcollo — cosponsor (person)
• Daniel B. Short — cosponsor (person)
• Deborah Hudson — cosponsor (person)
• Earl G. Jaques Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
• Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
• Gerald W. Hocker — cosponsor (person)
• Helene M. Keeley — cosponsor (person)
• John J. Viola — cosponsor (person)
• Margaret Rose Henry — cosponsor (person)
• Melanie George Smith — cosponsor (person)
• Michael Mulrooney — cosponsor (person)
• Quinton Johnson — cosponsor (person)
• Trey Charles Paradee — cosponsor (person)
• William J. Carson — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-06-13 Introduced and Assigned to House Administration Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2017-06-13 ReAssigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance/Commerce Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2017-06-14 Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance/Commerce) in House with 3 Favorable, 6 On Its Merits committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2017-06-20 Amendment HA 1 to HB 226 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2017-06-20 Amendment HA 1 to HB 226 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2017-06-20 Amendment HA 2 to HB 226 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2017-06-20 Amendment HA 3 to HB 226 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2017-06-20 Passed By House. Votes: 34 YES 6 NO 1 NOT VOTING passage
• 2017-06-20 ReAssigned to Sunset Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2017-06-22 Reported Out of Committee (Sunset) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2017-06-28 Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 NO passage
• 2017-06-30 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a5bbd126-c00a-4c74-bd90-f6d5d58d7cf4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).