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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 10 AND 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO IMMUNITY FROM LIABILITY FOR DONATED FOOD."
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description: "Subchapter III, Chapter 68, Title 16 of the Delaware Code (“Subchapter III”) was originally enacted in 1982.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”."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "151"
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identifier: "HB 226"
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citation: "Delaware HB 226 (151)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Andria L. Bennett", "Brian Pettyjohn", "Gerald L. Brady", "Jeffrey N. Spiegelman", "Larry Lambert", "Stephanie L. Hansen"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 9
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2021-06-03"
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last_action: "2021-09-17"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/02f4ed53-94a1-4aa7-a51e-1e9b509b0862"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=78806"
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source_hash: "46643af0a2782952b01d9ae1ca96e5bfbaee596ec6b527528c787fe57961f57f"
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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 HB 226 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 10 AND 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO IMMUNITY FROM LIABILITY FOR DONATED FOOD.
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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”.
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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=78806&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB226)
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2. **HA 1 to HB 226** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=78846&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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## Votes
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- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **41–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Andria L. Bennett — primary (person)
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- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
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- Gerald L. Brady — primary (person)
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- Jeffrey N. Spiegelman — primary (person)
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- Larry Lambert — primary (person)
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- Stephanie L. Hansen — primary (person)
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- Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
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- Daniel B. Short — cosponsor (person)
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- David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
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- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
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- Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
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- Ernesto B. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
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- Kimberly Williams — cosponsor (person)
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- Laura V. Sturgeon — cosponsor (person)
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- Lyndon D. Yearick — cosponsor (person)
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- Melissa Minor-Brown — cosponsor (person)
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- Michael F. Smith — cosponsor (person)
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- Michael Ramone — cosponsor (person)
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- Richard G. Collins — cosponsor (person)
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- Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
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- Sherry Dorsey Walker — cosponsor (person)
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- Trey Paradee — cosponsor (person)
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- Valerie Longhurst — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-06-03** Introduced and Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-06-08** Amendment HA 1 to HB 226 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2021-06-09** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 4 Favorable, 7 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-06-17** Amendment HA 1 to HB 226 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2021-06-17** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
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- **2021-06-17** Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-06-22** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 4 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-06-24** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2021-09-17** 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/02f4ed53-94a1-4aa7-a51e-1e9b509b0862`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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