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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 3 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO COMMERCIAL FEEDS."
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description: "This bill authorizes the Department of Agriculture to update the Delaware Commercial Feed Law of 1967. 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 Feed Control Officials (AAFCO) Uniform State Bill, which is designed to create uniformity amongst states. This bill authorizes the Department of Agriculture to add criteria for defining an adulterated feed and adjusts penalties for violators of this chapter. The proposed changes will provide clarity to distributers and Department staff regarding product labeling, registration, and violations as well as providing updated terminology to make regulating this program more efficient."
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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 97"
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citation: "Delaware SB 97 (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 J. Carson"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 8
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2021-03-26"
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last_action: "2021-07-30"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f3f277a2-c20e-462e-9668-ac19a83dd519"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=48521"
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source_hash: "ec6d86c924f134e43de60a70fe7066e2175da9f7666a4f217556d22572f523e3"
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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 97 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 3 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO COMMERCIAL FEEDS.
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This bill authorizes the Department of Agriculture to update the Delaware Commercial Feed Law of 1967. 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 Feed Control Officials (AAFCO) Uniform State Bill, which is designed to create uniformity amongst states. This bill authorizes the Department of Agriculture to add criteria for defining an adulterated feed and adjusts penalties for violators of this chapter. The proposed changes will provide clarity to distributers and Department staff regarding product labeling, registration, and violations as well as providing updated terminology to make regulating this program more efficient.
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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=48521&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB97)
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## Votes
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- 2/3 — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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- 2/3 — **41–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bruce C. Ennis — primary (person)
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- William J. Carson — primary (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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- Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-03-26** Introduced and Assigned to Agriculture Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-04-20** Reported Out of Committee (Agriculture) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-04-22** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2021-04-23** Assigned to Agriculture Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-05-12** Reported Out of Committee (Agriculture) in House with 1 Favorable, 8 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-06-03** Suspension of Rules in House
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- **2021-06-08** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
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- **2021-07-30** 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/f3f277a2-c20e-462e-9668-ac19a83dd519`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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