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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 3 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT RESTRICTIONS."
description: "This amendment would allow for landing areas located in agricultural preservation districts to be used for agriculturally related aerial spraying and applications such as seeding, as well as spraying and applications under government programs such as mosquito and noxious weed control, all subject to the written approval of the Foundation Board."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "149"
identifier: "SB 252"
citation: "Delaware SB 252 (149)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bruce C. Ennis", "William J. Carson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-06-14"
last_action: "2018-09-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/72e2d30f-d20d-4e4f-a9bf-dc6b9cc71a70"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26861"
source_hash: "660fc7cf7b6b62cb57c14eea71840171874888eb7911cf1be5c1ab3743f3089e"
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 252 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 3 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT RESTRICTIONS.
This amendment would allow for landing areas located in agricultural preservation districts to be used for agriculturally related aerial spraying and applications such as seeding, as well as spraying and applications under government programs such as mosquito and noxious weed control, all subject to the written approval of the Foundation Board.
## 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=26861&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB252)
## Votes
- SM — **410** (pass) · lower
- SM — **200** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Bruce C. Ennis — primary (person)
- William J. Carson — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2018-06-14** Introduced and Assigned to Agriculture Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-06-20** Reported Out of Committee (Agriculture) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-06-20** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2018-06-21** Assigned to Agriculture Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-06-26** Reported Out of Committee (Agriculture) in House with 8 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2018-07-01** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
- **2018-09-13** 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/72e2d30f-d20d-4e4f-a9bf-dc6b9cc71a70`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).