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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE JOINT LEGISLATIVE OVERSIGHT AND SUNSET COMMITTEE."
description: "This Act codifies the practice of the Joint Legislative Oversight and Sunset Committee to recommend the continuation of an agency unless or until certain conditions are met or modifications are made."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "149"
identifier: "HB 309"
citation: "Delaware HB 309 (149)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John Walsh", "Stephanie T. Bolden"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-24"
last_action: "2018-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1ab56584-70ff-4430-90bf-4183f57ff6b8"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26283"
source_hash: "7ec09f22a67ae2afff2aa2fe08e41f13f44ee7c17b2fdfa351f73e54e604ff95"
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 309 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE JOINT LEGISLATIVE OVERSIGHT AND SUNSET COMMITTEE.
This Act codifies the practice of the Joint Legislative Oversight and Sunset Committee to recommend the continuation of an agency unless or until certain conditions are met or modifications are made.
## 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=26283&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB309)
## Votes
- SM — **400** (pass) · lower
- SM — **180** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- John Walsh — primary (person)
- Stephanie T. Bolden — primary (person)
- Andria L. Bennett — cosponsor (person)
- Anthony Delcollo — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
- Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff N. Spiegelman — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy D. Dukes — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2018-01-24** Introduced and Assigned to Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability) Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-14** Reported Out of Committee (Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability)) in House with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-15** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2018-03-19** Assigned to Sunset Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-28** Reported Out of Committee (Sunset) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-19** Passed By Senate. Votes: 18 YES 3 ABSENT `passage`
- **2018-05-09** 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/1ab56584-70ff-4430-90bf-4183f57ff6b8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).