republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/151/sb-61.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 3 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO RELATED USES OF FARM STRUCTURES IN AN AGRICULTURAL PRESERVATION DISTRICT.	The Agricultural Lands Preservation Act allows existing farm structures that are no longer in use, but which existed when the farmland was placed in the preservation program, to be converted to use for public gatherings under specific limitations. Experience has shown that these existing limitations do not adequately allow for renovation and modernization of these farm structures to accommodate the public gathering uses. This Act provides flexibility so a farm owner may upgrade the otherwise unused farm structures, while continuing to provide protection regarding agricultural activities conducted on the farmland.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	151	SB 61	Delaware SB 61 (151)	bill		enacted	Bruce C. Ennis William Bush William J. Carson	1	9	2	2021-02-12	2021-06-03	openstates	ocd-bill/9f31cf69-3d5d-441e-a206-3c8f5e4e01e8	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=48374	e2743eeae0380d473d35c9d4c467ef2ec2b8c389b4ac945857fae519a873a403	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware SB 61 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 3 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO RELATED USES OF FARM STRUCTURES IN AN AGRICULTURAL PRESERVATION DISTRICT.

The Agricultural Lands Preservation Act allows existing farm structures that are no longer in use, but which existed when the farmland was placed in the preservation program, to be converted to use for public gatherings under specific limitations. Experience has shown that these existing limitations do not adequately allow for renovation and modernization of these farm structures to accommodate the public gathering uses. This Act provides flexibility so a farm owner may upgrade the otherwise unused farm structures, while continuing to provide protection regarding agricultural activities conducted on the farmland.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 2/3 — 39–0 (pass) · lower
• SM — 21–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bruce C. Ennis — primary (person)
• William Bush — primary (person)
• William J. Carson — primary (person)
• Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
• Bryant L. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
• Daniel B. Short — cosponsor (person)
• David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
• David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
• Ernesto B. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
• Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
• Gerald W. Hocker — cosponsor (person)
• Kevin S Hensley — cosponsor (person)
• Lyndon D. Yearick — cosponsor (person)
• Marie Pinkney — cosponsor (person)
• Ronald E. Gray — cosponsor (person)
• Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
• Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
• Trey Paradee — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-12 Introduced and Assigned to Agriculture Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-03-09 Reported Out of Committee (Agriculture) in Senate with 5 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-03-09 Reported Out of Committee (Agriculture) in Senate with 5 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-03-11 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2021-03-12 Assigned to Agriculture Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-03-17 Reported Out of Committee (Agriculture) in House with 6 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-05-07 Suspension of Rules in House
• 2021-05-13 Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT passage
• 2021-06-03 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9f31cf69-3d5d-441e-a206-3c8f5e4e01e8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).