republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/149/sb-74.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 3 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DELAWARE AGRICULTURAL LANDS PRESERVATION ACT.	This Act fulfills recommendations made by the Joint Legislative Oversight and Sunset Committee. First, this Act adds language to establish the circumstances under which Trustees of the Delaware Agricultural Lands Preservation Foundation may be removed, using language standard to boards and commissions in this State. Second, this Act limits review of a preservation easement after 25 years of the easement's acquisition to only easements that were acquired before the enactment of this Act. Preservation easements acquired after the enactment of this Act are not subject to termination under § 917 of Title 3. Third, this Act corrects an internal reference, and makes technical corrections to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	149	SB 74	Delaware SB 74 (149)	bill		enacted	John Walsh Stephanie T. Bolden	1	9	2	2017-04-27	2017-07-17	openstates	ocd-bill/66ac1429-007e-4efa-8e38-2596738c1664	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25693	b2dd909440df160dc8181b1565b29a490feb61777e51759246451c0abc79aed6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware SB 74 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 3 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DELAWARE AGRICULTURAL LANDS PRESERVATION ACT.

This Act fulfills recommendations made by the Joint Legislative Oversight and Sunset Committee. First, this Act adds language to establish the circumstances under which Trustees of the Delaware Agricultural Lands Preservation Foundation may be removed, using language standard to boards and commissions in this State. Second, this Act limits review of a preservation easement after 25 years of the easement's acquisition to only easements that were acquired before the enactment of this Act. Preservation easements acquired after the enactment of this Act are not subject to termination under § 917 of Title 3. Third, this Act corrects an internal reference, and makes technical corrections to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 39–0 (pass) · lower
• SM — 18–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• John Walsh — primary (person)
• Stephanie T. Bolden — primary (person)
• Andria L. Bennett — cosponsor (person)
• Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
• Bryant L. Richardson — 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.

• 2017-04-27 Introduced and Assigned to Agriculture Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2017-06-20 Amendment SA 1 to SB 74 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2017-06-21 Reported Out of Committee (Agriculture) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2017-06-22 Amendment SA 1 to SB 74 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 17 YES 1 NO 3 ABSENT amendment-passage
• 2017-06-22 Passed By Senate. Votes: 18 YES 3 ABSENT passage
• 2017-06-23 Assigned to Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability) Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2017-06-29 Reported Out of Committee (Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability)) in House with 4 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2017-07-01 Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT passage
• 2017-07-17 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/66ac1429-007e-4efa-8e38-2596738c1664. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).