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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 1 AND TITLE 4 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE STANDARD TIME FOR THIS STATE."
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description: "Daylight saving time has existed in one form or another for over 100 years. In that time, Delawareans have become accustomed to the 8 months of daylight saving time each year. This Act provides for Delaware to permanently remain on daylight saving time."
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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 73"
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citation: "Delaware SB 73 (150)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bryan Townsend", "David B. McBride", "David Bentz"]
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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: "2019-04-15"
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last_action: "2019-08-12"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/039d4265-b25c-4d4e-ba53-6e21c5bceae3"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=47353"
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source_hash: "1e9de8e980574ab350203fc50247f2a2d2dc61d620514e8c16e7ef000abd5cd4"
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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 73 (150) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 1 AND TITLE 4 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE STANDARD TIME FOR THIS STATE.
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Daylight saving time has existed in one form or another for over 100 years. In that time, Delawareans have become accustomed to the 8 months of daylight saving time each year. This Act provides for Delaware to permanently remain on daylight saving time.
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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=47353&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB73)
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2. **SA 1 to SB 73** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=47680&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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## Votes
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- SM — **35–5** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **17–4** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
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- David B. McBride — primary (person)
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- David Bentz — primary (person)
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- Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
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- David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
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- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
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- Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
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- Michael Ramone — cosponsor (person)
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- Nicole Poore — cosponsor (person)
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- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
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- Sean M. Lynn — cosponsor (person)
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- Trey Paradee — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-04-15** Introduced and Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2019-06-11** Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2019-06-12** Amendment SA 1 to SB 73 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `amendment-passage`
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- **2019-06-12** Passed By Senate. Votes: 17 YES 4 NO `passage`
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- **2019-06-13** Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2019-07-01** Suspension of Rules in House
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- **2019-07-01** Passed By House. Votes: 35 YES 5 NO 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2019-08-12** 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/039d4265-b25c-4d4e-ba53-6e21c5bceae3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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