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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 9 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO WIRELESS COMMUNICATION LEASES FOR NEW CASTLE COUNTY PARK AREAS AND OPEN SPACE."
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description: "This Act will expand New Castle County’s limited authority to lease park land or land held in public trust to include leases for erecting, maintaining and operating wireless communications facilities. State law currently limits public land leases to those for recreational purposes and related activities. At common law, the State legislature must approve transfers or changes in the use of park land; however, this function may be delegated to municipalities through legislative action."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "150"
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identifier: "SB 140"
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citation: "Delaware SB 140 (150)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["John L. Mitchell", "Stephanie L. Hansen"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 8
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2019-06-07"
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last_action: "2019-07-17"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/da573b73-c570-433f-8646-9a47341dd5d9"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=47626"
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source_hash: "268e14b65ccffc44fa3c60ccdb1af627db9d0e854939e9e5876a5917e348642d"
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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 140 (150) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 9 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO WIRELESS COMMUNICATION LEASES FOR NEW CASTLE COUNTY PARK AREAS AND OPEN SPACE.
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This Act will expand New Castle County’s limited authority to lease park land or land held in public trust to include leases for erecting, maintaining and operating wireless communications facilities. State law currently limits public land leases to those for recreational purposes and related activities. At common law, the State legislature must approve transfers or changes in the use of park land; however, this function may be delegated to municipalities through legislative action.
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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/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=47626&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB140)
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2. **SA 1 to SB 140** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=47696&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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## Votes
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- SM — **41–0** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **20–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- John L. Mitchell — primary (person)
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- Stephanie L. Hansen — primary (person)
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- Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
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- Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
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- Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-06-07** Introduced and Assigned to Transportation Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2019-06-12** Reported Out of Committee (Transportation) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2019-06-13** Amendment SA 1 to SB 140 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `amendment-passage`
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- **2019-06-13** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2019-06-14** Assigned to Transportation/Land Use and Infrastructure Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2019-06-19** Reported Out of Committee (Transportation/Land Use and Infrastructure) in House with 6 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2019-06-27** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
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- **2019-07-17** 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/da573b73-c570-433f-8646-9a47341dd5d9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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