republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/152/hb-404.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 3 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO LYME DISEASE.	To address the significant spread and impact of Lyme Disease in Delaware, this bill creates a Lyme Disease intervention fund. The fund shall be overseen by the Department of Agriculture and shall have the goal of reducing the prevalence of Lyme disease and potential for contracting Lyme disease on State owned lands. The Department shall investigate the best ways to do that, focusing on ones that are the most effective, environmentally sensitive, and innovative. The Department of Agriculture will coordinate its efforts in the administration of the fund with the Division of Public Health and the Department of Natural Resources. The Joint Finance Committee shall determine the yearly amount of the fund.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	152	HB 404	Delaware HB 404 (152)	bill		enacted	David L. Wilson Kendra Johnson Peter C. Schwartzkopf Ronald E. Gray Russell Huxtable Sherry Dorsey Walker Stell Parker Selby William J. Carson	2	8	2	2024-05-16	2024-10-23	openstates	ocd-bill/e644e996-1f6c-41b7-b19f-9c0b42dca9fd	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141404	6e7855477d9a51700a13e46595515fd85962d21f960f0e3a5000422cc3184c09	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 404 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 3 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO LYME DISEASE.

To address the significant spread and impact of Lyme Disease in Delaware, this bill creates a Lyme Disease intervention fund. The fund shall be overseen by the Department of Agriculture and shall have the goal of reducing the prevalence of Lyme disease and potential for contracting Lyme disease on State owned lands. The Department shall investigate the best ways to do that, focusing on ones that are the most effective, environmentally sensitive, and innovative. The Department of Agriculture will coordinate its efforts in the administration of the fund with the Division of Public Health and the Department of Natural Resources. The Joint Finance Committee shall determine the yearly amount of the fund.

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 HB 404 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 38–0 (pass) · lower
• 2/3 — 21–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• David L. Wilson — primary (person)
• Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
• Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
• Ronald E. Gray — primary (person)
• Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
• Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
• Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)
• William J. Carson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-05-16 Introduced and Assigned to Agriculture Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-05-21 Reported Out of Committee (Agriculture) in House with 7 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-06-11 Amendment HA 1 to HB 404 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2024-06-11 Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 3 ABSENT passage
• 2024-06-11 Assigned to Agriculture Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-06-18 Reported Out of Committee (Agriculture) in Senate with 4 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-06-30 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2024-10-23 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e644e996-1f6c-41b7-b19f-9c0b42dca9fd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).