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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 7 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO AQUACULTURE.	As a result of the passage of the in Inland Bays Aquaculture Act, numerous ongoing concerns have been raised during subsequent public meetings and a public hearing. As a result of those meetings, the Secretary's Order No. 2016-W-0049 reduced the number and location of leasable sites, and eliminated oyster aquaculture in the Little Assawoman Bay. This Act seeks to ensure the following: sites eliminated in the Secretary's Order cannot be considered for leasing for aquaculture; the elimination of poles as a form of markings of any and all leased sites within the Little Assawoman Bay; and limiting all aquaculture leased sites in the Little Assawoman Bay to hard clams only.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	149	SB 77	Delaware SB 77 (149)	bill		enacted	Gerald W. Hocker Peter C. Schwartzkopf Ronald E. Gray	1	8	3	2017-05-03	2017-08-30	openstates	ocd-bill/70646821-1b62-426e-a1a8-99b2c83fced2	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25714	2e43077373dc89d3ff135e4291b04c09030902d2d0520028b2e140d94d9caed2	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware SB 77 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 7 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO AQUACULTURE.

As a result of the passage of the in Inland Bays Aquaculture Act, numerous ongoing concerns have been raised during subsequent public meetings and a public hearing. As a result of those meetings, the Secretary's Order No. 2016-W-0049 reduced the number and location of leasable sites, and eliminated oyster aquaculture in the Little Assawoman Bay. This Act seeks to ensure the following: sites eliminated in the Secretary's Order cannot be considered for leasing for aquaculture; the elimination of poles as a form of markings of any and all leased sites within the Little Assawoman Bay; and limiting all aquaculture leased sites in the Little Assawoman Bay to hard clams only.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 18–0 (pass) · upper
• SM — 18–0 (pass) · upper
• SM — 41–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Gerald W. Hocker — primary (person)
• Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
• Ronald E. Gray — primary (person)
• Dave G. Lawson — cosponsor (person)
• David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
• Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
• Harvey R. Kenton — cosponsor (person)
• Richard G. Collins — cosponsor (person)
• Stephen Smyk — cosponsor (person)
• Trey Charles Paradee — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2017-05-03 Introduced and Assigned to Environmental, Natural Resources & Energy Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2017-05-17 Reported Out of Committee (Environmental, Natural Resources & Energy) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2017-05-18 Passed By Senate. Votes: 18 YES 3 ABSENT passage
• 2017-05-18 Passed By Senate. Votes: 18 YES 3 ABSENT passage
• 2017-06-01 Assigned to Natural Resources Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2017-06-14 Reported Out of Committee (Natural Resources) in House with 9 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2017-06-30 Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES passage
• 2017-08-30 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/70646821-1b62-426e-a1a8-99b2c83fced2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).