republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/150/sb-7.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DELAWARE POPULATION CONSORTIUM.	Since 1975, the Delaware Population Consortium has prepared a unified set of statewide population projections each year. These projections are used for a variety of purposes including capital planning, policy analysis, comprehensive planning, and transportation planning. All 3 counties are required by State law to utilize these projections to prepare their required comprehensive plans. However, the Delaware Population Consortium does not exist in State law. This Act formally creates the Delaware Population Consortium, identifies its membership and work products, and requires that all counties, municipalities, school districts, and State agencies use the Consortium’s projections for planning and policy purposes.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	150	SB 7	Delaware SB 7 (150)	bill		enacted	Stephanie L. Hansen William J. Carson	2	10	2	2019-01-10	2019-05-14	openstates	ocd-bill/6139bd66-c1cc-49ff-bbb1-33f6aca32d28	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=27085	d6da50074438765299b352445c67d02495116bdbc95d27f89a0158d1aaf04330	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware SB 7 (150) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DELAWARE POPULATION CONSORTIUM.

Since 1975, the Delaware Population Consortium has prepared a unified set of statewide population projections each year. These projections are used for a variety of purposes including capital planning, policy analysis, comprehensive planning, and transportation planning. All 3 counties are required by State law to utilize these projections to prepare their required comprehensive plans. However, the Delaware Population Consortium does not exist in State law. This Act formally creates the Delaware Population Consortium, identifies its membership and work products, and requires that all counties, municipalities, school districts, and State agencies use the Consortium’s projections for planning and policy purposes.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source
2. SA 1 to SB 7 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 40–0 (pass) · lower
• SM — 20–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Stephanie L. Hansen — primary (person)
• William J. Carson — primary (person)
• Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
• Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
• David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
• Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
• John J. Viola — cosponsor (person)
• Michael Ramone — cosponsor (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
• Quinton Johnson — cosponsor (person)
• Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
• Sean Matthews — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-10 Introduced and Assigned to Elections, Govt. & Community Affairs Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2019-01-23 Reported Out of Committee (Elections, Govt. & Community Affairs) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2019-03-05 Laid On Table in Senate
• 2019-03-05 Lifted From Table in Senate
• 2019-03-05 Amendment SA 1 to SB 7 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT amendment-passage
• 2019-03-05 Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2019-03-06 Assigned to Administration Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2019-03-27 Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2019-04-18 Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2019-05-14 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6139bd66-c1cc-49ff-bbb1-33f6aca32d28. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).