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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 3 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT."
description: "This act streamlines the appointment process for the Delaware Nutrient Management Commission, expands the definition of dairy farmer to include all cattlemen, consolidates the appointment authorities, and simplifies the number of representatives."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "151"
identifier: "SB 261"
citation: "Delaware SB 261 (151)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bruce C. Ennis", "William Bush", "William J. Carson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-04-11"
last_action: "2022-10-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4bd4a4ab-d0fb-4a26-aec1-e777aa301d60"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=109342"
source_hash: "b076a6c4d38067fca58a1b2882aae2cb15da1db1c435a57de39efe199a4c626f"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
---
# Delaware SB 261 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 3 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT.
This act streamlines the appointment process for the Delaware Nutrient Management Commission, expands the definition of dairy farmer to include all cattlemen, consolidates the appointment authorities, and simplifies the number of representatives.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=109342&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB261)
## Votes
- 3/5 — **390** (pass) · lower
- SM — **200** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Bruce C. Ennis — primary (person)
- William Bush — primary (person)
- William J. Carson — primary (person)
- Bryant L. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel B. Short — cosponsor (person)
- David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Marie Pinkney — cosponsor (person)
- Trey Paradee — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-04-11** Introduced and Assigned to Agriculture Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-05-17** Reported Out of Committee (Agriculture) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-07** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2022-06-08** Assigned to Agriculture Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-15** Reported Out of Committee (Agriculture) in House with 1 Favorable, 6 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-23** Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT `passage`
- **2022-10-21** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4bd4a4ab-d0fb-4a26-aec1-e777aa301d60`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).