republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/151/hb-226.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 10 AND 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO IMMUNITY FROM LIABILITY FOR DONATED FOOD.	Subchapter III, Chapter 68, Title 16 of the Delaware Code (“Subchapter III”) was originally enacted in 1982. In 1996, President Clinton signed the Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1791 (“Bill Emerson Act”). The Bill Emerson Act preempts Subchapter III to the extent of any conflict, known as “partial preemption”.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	151	HB 226	Delaware HB 226 (151)	bill		enacted	Andria L. Bennett Brian Pettyjohn Gerald L. Brady Jeffrey N. Spiegelman Larry Lambert Stephanie L. Hansen	2	9	2	2021-06-03	2021-09-17	openstates	ocd-bill/02f4ed53-94a1-4aa7-a51e-1e9b509b0862	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=78806	46643af0a2782952b01d9ae1ca96e5bfbaee596ec6b527528c787fe57961f57f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 226 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 10 AND 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO IMMUNITY FROM LIABILITY FOR DONATED FOOD.

Subchapter III, Chapter 68, Title 16 of the Delaware Code (“Subchapter III”) was originally enacted in 1982. In 1996, President Clinton signed the Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1791 (“Bill Emerson Act”). The Bill Emerson Act preempts Subchapter III to the extent of any conflict, known as “partial preemption”.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source
2. HA 1 to HB 226 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 21–0 (pass) · upper
• SM — 41–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Andria L. Bennett — primary (person)
• Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
• Gerald L. Brady — primary (person)
• Jeffrey N. Spiegelman — primary (person)
• Larry Lambert — primary (person)
• Stephanie L. Hansen — primary (person)
• Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
• Daniel B. Short — cosponsor (person)
• David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
• David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
• Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
• Ernesto B. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
• Kimberly Williams — cosponsor (person)
• Laura V. Sturgeon — cosponsor (person)
• Lyndon D. Yearick — cosponsor (person)
• Melissa Minor-Brown — cosponsor (person)
• Michael F. Smith — cosponsor (person)
• Michael Ramone — cosponsor (person)
• Richard G. Collins — cosponsor (person)
• Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
• Sherry Dorsey Walker — cosponsor (person)
• Trey Paradee — cosponsor (person)
• Valerie Longhurst — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-06-03 Introduced and Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-06-08 Amendment HA 1 to HB 226 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2021-06-09 Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 4 Favorable, 7 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-06-17 Amendment HA 1 to HB 226 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2021-06-17 Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES passage
• 2021-06-17 Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-06-22 Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 4 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-06-24 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2021-09-17 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/02f4ed53-94a1-4aa7-a51e-1e9b509b0862. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).