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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE JOINT LEGISLATIVE OVERSIGHT AND SUNSET COMMITTEE."
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description: "This Act clarifies the authority of the Joint Legislative Oversight and Sunset Committee (\"Committee\") to hold over entities unless or until certain conditions are met or modifications are made. This Act also provides the authority for the Committee to recall an entity that has been released from review when the entity has the ability to meet the recommended condition or make the modification but has failed to do so, or when the Committee recommended legislation to amend an entity's governing statute or a related statute, but the legislation fails to be enacted for any reason. If the Committee recalls an entity, it may recommend any of the options available in subsection (a) of this section."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "149"
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identifier: "SB 61"
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citation: "Delaware SB 61 (149)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["John Walsh", "Stephanie T. Bolden"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 7
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2017-04-07"
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last_action: "2017-09-29"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8d610f68-ba98-433a-ae0c-5a0d484ca163"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25625"
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source_hash: "d931a28cce7b07b12d92f8b9a00400023a2cc209493ef3d7cfc8738ce0d9b486"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
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---
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# Delaware SB 61 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE JOINT LEGISLATIVE OVERSIGHT AND SUNSET COMMITTEE.
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This Act clarifies the authority of the Joint Legislative Oversight and Sunset Committee ("Committee") to hold over entities unless or until certain conditions are met or modifications are made. This Act also provides the authority for the Committee to recall an entity that has been released from review when the entity has the ability to meet the recommended condition or make the modification but has failed to do so, or when the Committee recommended legislation to amend an entity's governing statute or a related statute, but the legislation fails to be enacted for any reason. If the Committee recalls an entity, it may recommend any of the options available in subsection (a) of this section.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GetPdfDocument?fileAttachmentId=52111)
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## Votes
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- SM — **20–0** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **41–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- John Walsh — primary (person)
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- Stephanie T. Bolden — primary (person)
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- Andria L. Bennett — cosponsor (person)
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- Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
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- Bryant L. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
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- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
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- Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
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- Jeff N. Spiegelman — cosponsor (person)
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- Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
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- Timothy D. Dukes — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-04-07** Introduced and Assigned to Sunset Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2017-05-10** Reported Out of Committee (Sunset) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2017-06-08** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2017-06-09** Assigned to Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability) Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2017-06-21** Reported Out of Committee (Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability)) in House with 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2017-06-30** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
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- **2017-09-29** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8d610f68-ba98-433a-ae0c-5a0d484ca163`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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