republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/151/sb-96.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 3 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS AND SOIL CONDITIONERS.	This bill authorizes the Department of Agriculture to update the Delaware Commercial Fertilizer and Soil Conditioner Law of 1971. Changes to this law include updating language to align with current industry terminology and includes applicable language from the most recent version of the Association of American Plant Food Control Officials (AAPFCO) Uniform State Bill, which is designed to create uniformity amongst states. This bill authorizes the Department of Agriculture to impose product registration and tonnage fees to better reflect current market rates and to assist the Department in funding costs associated with inspections, sampling and analysis for this chapter; to adjust requirements for current registering of Delaware mixing facilities and custom fertilizer blends. The proposed changes will give clarity to distributers and Department staff regarding product labeling, registration, and deficiencies as well as providing updated terminology to make regulating this program more efficient.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	151	SB 96	Delaware SB 96 (151)	bill		enacted	Bruce C. Ennis William J. Carson	3	12	3	2021-03-26	2021-09-10	openstates	ocd-bill/0fe1a96d-756b-4fb3-bd35-94db49fc64a5	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=48522	f9a8d1ece3bd857ff0796d072df53d4199d0e41cb06f72d5856201f9b2e3ca9f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware SB 96 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 3 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS AND SOIL CONDITIONERS.

This bill authorizes the Department of Agriculture to update the Delaware Commercial Fertilizer and Soil Conditioner Law of 1971. Changes to this law include updating language to align with current industry terminology and includes applicable language from the most recent version of the Association of American Plant Food Control Officials (AAPFCO) Uniform State Bill, which is designed to create uniformity amongst states. This bill authorizes the Department of Agriculture to impose product registration and tonnage fees to better reflect current market rates and to assist the Department in funding costs associated with inspections, sampling and analysis for this chapter; to adjust requirements for current registering of Delaware mixing facilities and custom fertilizer blends. The proposed changes will give clarity to distributers and Department staff regarding product labeling, registration, and deficiencies as well as providing updated terminology to make regulating this program more efficient.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source
2. HA 1 to SB 96 (committee substitute) — source
3. SA 1 to SB 96 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 3/5 — 21–0 (pass) · upper
• 3/5 — 41–0 (pass) · lower
• 3/5 — 21–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bruce C. Ennis — primary (person)
• William J. Carson — primary (person)
• David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
• Gerald W. Hocker — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-03-26 Introduced and Assigned to Agriculture Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-04-20 Amendment SA 1 to SB 96 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2021-04-20 Reported Out of Committee (Agriculture) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-04-22 Amendment SA 1 to SB 96 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES amendment-passage
• 2021-04-22 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2021-04-23 Assigned to Agriculture Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-05-12 Reported Out of Committee (Agriculture) in House with 1 Favorable, 8 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-06-07 Amendment HA 1 to SB 96 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2021-06-08 Amendment HA 1 to SB 96 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2021-06-08 Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES passage
• 2021-06-22 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2021-09-10 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0fe1a96d-756b-4fb3-bd35-94db49fc64a5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).