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type: "Bill"
title: "VACATING THE PARKLAND DEDICATION OF APPROXIMATELY .204 ACRES OF NEW CASTLE COUNTY TAX PARCEL NO. 10-023.00-001."
description: "This Act vacates the parkland dedication for approximately .204 acres of Tax Parcel No. 10-023.00-001 (Parkland Property). The removal of the parkland dedication allows for New Castle County to transfer that portion of the Parkland Property under § 1521(e) of Title 9 and as set forth in the Settlement Agreement between the Department of Transportation (DelDOT) and a private property owner, Dash In, to resolve a condemnation action filed by DelDOT. Due to the Propertys unique location, there are no known current or future public needs or benefits in continuing to restrict the use of the .204 acre portion of the Parkland Property as parkland and under the Settlement Agreement, New Castle County will receive approximately .204 acres of land in close proximity to the Parkland Property."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "151"
identifier: "SJR 7"
citation: "Delaware SJR 7 (151)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Bentz", "Marie Pinkney"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 6
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-06-16"
last_action: "2022-10-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/facbbeb2-a4a0-4580-af34-892c5f04bd8e"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=129777"
source_hash: "a47c7c61ae21377b0fd3f941dcfa024f1903bde17cd93628064f5cd5b76ce6b0"
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 SJR 7 (151) — VACATING THE PARKLAND DEDICATION OF APPROXIMATELY .204 ACRES OF NEW CASTLE COUNTY TAX PARCEL NO. 10-023.00-001.
This Act vacates the parkland dedication for approximately .204 acres of Tax Parcel No. 10-023.00-001 (Parkland Property). The removal of the parkland dedication allows for New Castle County to transfer that portion of the Parkland Property under § 1521(e) of Title 9 and as set forth in the Settlement Agreement between the Department of Transportation (DelDOT) and a private property owner, Dash In, to resolve a condemnation action filed by DelDOT. Due to the Propertys unique location, there are no known current or future public needs or benefits in continuing to restrict the use of the .204 acre portion of the Parkland Property as parkland and under the Settlement Agreement, New Castle County will receive approximately .204 acres of land in close proximity to the Parkland Property.
## 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=129777&legislationTypeId=4&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SJR7)
## Votes
- SM — **210** (pass) · upper
- SM — **400** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- David Bentz — primary (person)
- Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-06-16** Introduced and Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-22** Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2022-06-29** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2022-06-30** Suspension of Rules in House
- **2022-06-30** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2022-10-14** 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/facbbeb2-a4a0-4580-af34-892c5f04bd8e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).