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Bill AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE GOVERNOR'S COUNCIL ON AGRICULTURE. The Joint Legislative Oversight and Sunset Committee approved a project to work with the Governor's Office throughout 2018 and 2019 to identify antiquated boards, commissions, and councils that need statutory updates or outright repeals. The Governor's Council on Agriculture was identified as needing updates to require 7 members rather than “up to” 7 members, and to remove the party balance requirement to make it easier to fill vacancies. Consideration must given to geographical and other diversities when appointing members. us/states/de Delaware General Assembly 150 SB 135 Delaware SB 135 (150)
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Delaware SB 135 (150) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE GOVERNOR'S COUNCIL ON AGRICULTURE.

The Joint Legislative Oversight and Sunset Committee approved a project to work with the Governor's Office throughout 2018 and 2019 to identify antiquated boards, commissions, and councils that need statutory updates or outright repeals. The Governor's Council on Agriculture was identified as needing updates to require 7 members rather than “up to” 7 members, and to remove the party balance requirement to make it easier to fill vacancies. Consideration must given to geographical and other diversities when appointing members.

Version chain

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

  1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • SM — 410 (pass) · lower
  • SM — 200 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • David Bentz — primary (person)
  • S. Elizabeth Lockman — primary (person)
  • Andria L. Bennett — cosponsor (person)
  • Anthony Delcollo — cosponsor (person)
  • Ernesto B Lopez — cosponsor (person)
  • Jeffrey N. Spiegelman — cosponsor (person)
  • John "Jack" Walsh — cosponsor (person)
  • Lyndon D. Yearick — cosponsor (person)
  • Sherry Dorsey Walker — cosponsor (person)
  • Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2019-06-04 Introduced and Assigned to Sunset Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
  • 2019-06-12 Reported Out of Committee (Sunset) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits committee-passage
  • 2019-06-19 Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT passage
  • 2019-06-20 Assigned to Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability) Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
  • 2019-06-25 Reported Out of Committee (Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability)) in House with 4 On Its Merits committee-passage
  • 2019-06-30 Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES passage
  • 2019-08-20 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8764b61c-f124-4f0c-aae8-a9e684f00111. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).