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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 9 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO FARMS."
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description: "This Act more closely aligns the meaning of agricultural, horticultural, and forestry land use with the U.S. Census Bureau’s definition of “farm,” which, since the 1974 Census, has included “any place from which $1,000 or more of agricultural products were produced and sold . . . during the year.” This alignment will ensure a more equitable tax treatment of farms throughout Delaware."
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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: "SB 163"
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citation: "Delaware SB 163 (151)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Dave G. Lawson", "Sherry Dorsey Walker"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 13
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2021-06-03"
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last_action: "2022-07-28"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/27ad205d-688f-41aa-803f-2145a3c6a662"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=78801"
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source_hash: "a6fb313f8a73bcc59a5bde866bea51c12808a226fbbf86e447ed9b19ac441093"
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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 163 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 9 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO FARMS.
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This Act more closely aligns the meaning of agricultural, horticultural, and forestry land use with the U.S. Census Bureau’s definition of “farm,” which, since the 1974 Census, has included “any place from which $1,000 or more of agricultural products were produced and sold . . . during the year.” This alignment will ensure a more equitable tax treatment of farms throughout Delaware.
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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=78801&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB163)
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2. **SA 3 to SB 163** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=129849&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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## Votes
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- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Dave G. Lawson — primary (person)
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- Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
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- Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
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- Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
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- Bryant L. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
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- David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
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- Ernesto B. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
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- Gerald W. Hocker — cosponsor (person)
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- Jeffrey N. Spiegelman — cosponsor (person)
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- Lyndon D. Yearick — cosponsor (person)
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- Richard G. Collins — cosponsor (person)
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- Ronald E. Gray — 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 Agriculture Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-06-24** Amendment SA 1 to SB 163 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2022-06-07** Amendment SA 2 to SB 163 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2022-06-28** Reported Out of Committee (Agriculture) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-06-28** Amendment SA 3 to SB 163 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2022-06-28** Amendment SA 1 to SB 163 - Stricken in Senate
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- **2022-06-28** Amendment SA 2 to SB 163 - Stricken in Senate
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- **2022-06-28** Amendment SA 3 to SB 163 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `amendment-passage`
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- **2022-06-28** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2022-06-29** Assigned to Agriculture Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2022-06-30** Suspension of Rules in House
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- **2022-06-30** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2022-07-28** 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/27ad205d-688f-41aa-803f-2145a3c6a662`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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