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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 3 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO RELATED USES OF FARM STRUCTURES IN AN AGRICULTURAL PRESERVATION DISTRICT."
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description: "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."
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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 61"
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citation: "Delaware SB 61 (151)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bruce C. Ennis", "William Bush", "William J. Carson"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 9
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2021-02-12"
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last_action: "2021-06-03"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9f31cf69-3d5d-441e-a206-3c8f5e4e01e8"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=48374"
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source_hash: "e2743eeae0380d473d35c9d4c467ef2ec2b8c389b4ac945857fae519a873a403"
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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 61 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 3 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO RELATED USES OF FARM STRUCTURES IN AN AGRICULTURAL PRESERVATION DISTRICT.
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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.
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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=48374&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB61)
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## Votes
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- 2/3 — **39–0** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bruce C. Ennis — primary (person)
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- William Bush — primary (person)
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- William J. Carson — primary (person)
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- Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
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- Bryant L. Richardson — 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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- Ernesto B. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
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- Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
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- Gerald W. Hocker — cosponsor (person)
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- Kevin S Hensley — cosponsor (person)
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- Lyndon D. Yearick — cosponsor (person)
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- Marie Pinkney — cosponsor (person)
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- Ronald E. Gray — cosponsor (person)
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- Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
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- Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
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- Trey Paradee — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-02-12** Introduced and Assigned to Agriculture Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-09** Reported Out of Committee (Agriculture) in Senate with 5 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-09** Reported Out of Committee (Agriculture) in Senate with 5 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-11** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2021-03-12** Assigned to Agriculture Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-17** Reported Out of Committee (Agriculture) in House with 6 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-05-07** Suspension of Rules in House
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- **2021-05-13** Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2021-06-03** 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/9f31cf69-3d5d-441e-a206-3c8f5e4e01e8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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