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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 3 RELATING TO THE CULTIVATION OF INDUSTRIAL HEMP."
description: "Under federal law, the cultivation of industrial hemp is only permitted for agricultural or academic research. There is federal legislation pending that may lift the restrictions on the cultivation of industrial hemp. Delaware law does not prohibit the cultivation of industrial hemp and Chapter 28 of Title 3 permits the cultivation of industrial hemp for agricultural or academic research to the maximum extent permitted by federal law."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "149"
identifier: "SB 266"
citation: "Delaware SB 266 (149)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anthony Delcollo", "Bruce C. Ennis", "David L. Wilson", "William J. Carson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 5
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-06-26"
last_action: "2018-08-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aa94acbc-5b99-49ed-97a3-4c82405b27cd"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26962"
source_hash: "1b655a131d3bc5b5681c2ec8e8d6d179869933af72bb9c5a29a9ccfbd2a5ebd5"
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 266 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 3 RELATING TO THE CULTIVATION OF INDUSTRIAL HEMP.
Under federal law, the cultivation of industrial hemp is only permitted for agricultural or academic research. There is federal legislation pending that may lift the restrictions on the cultivation of industrial hemp. Delaware law does not prohibit the cultivation of industrial hemp and Chapter 28 of Title 3 permits the cultivation of industrial hemp for agricultural or academic research to the maximum extent permitted by federal law.
## 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=26962&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB266)
## Votes
- 3/5 — **210** (pass) · upper
- 3/5 — **391** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Anthony Delcollo — primary (person)
- Bruce C. Ennis — primary (person)
- David L. Wilson — primary (person)
- William J. Carson — primary (person)
- Bryant L. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- Helene M. Keeley — cosponsor (person)
- Lyndon D. Yearick — cosponsor (person)
- Quinton Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Trey Charles Paradee — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2018-06-26** Introduced and Assigned to Agriculture Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-06-28** Reported Out of Committee (Agriculture) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-06-30** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2018-07-01** Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 1 NO 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2018-08-28** 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/aa94acbc-5b99-49ed-97a3-4c82405b27cd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).