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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 3 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO LYME DISEASE."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "152"
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identifier: "HB 404"
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citation: "Delaware HB 404 (152)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["David L. Wilson", "Kendra Johnson", "Peter C. Schwartzkopf", "Ronald E. Gray", "Russell Huxtable", "Sherry Dorsey Walker", "Stell Parker Selby", "William J. Carson"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 8
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2024-05-16"
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last_action: "2024-10-23"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e644e996-1f6c-41b7-b19f-9c0b42dca9fd"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141404"
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source_hash: "6e7855477d9a51700a13e46595515fd85962d21f960f0e3a5000422cc3184c09"
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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 HB 404 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 3 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO LYME DISEASE.
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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.
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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=141404&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB404)
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2. **HA 1 to HB 404** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=141554&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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## Votes
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- SM — **38–0** (pass) · lower
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- 2/3 — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- David L. Wilson — primary (person)
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- Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
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- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
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- Ronald E. Gray — primary (person)
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- Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
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- Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
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- Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)
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- William J. Carson — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-05-16** Introduced and Assigned to Agriculture Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2024-05-21** Reported Out of Committee (Agriculture) in House with 7 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-06-11** Amendment HA 1 to HB 404 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2024-06-11** Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 3 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2024-06-11** Assigned to Agriculture Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2024-06-18** Reported Out of Committee (Agriculture) in Senate with 4 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-06-30** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2024-10-23** 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/e644e996-1f6c-41b7-b19f-9c0b42dca9fd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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