republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/152/hb-87.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 3 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO A DELAWARE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION INSURANCE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM."
description: "This Act establishes the Delaware Agricultural Production Assistance Program. The Program will provide a subsidy of up to 30% of the premium for eligible producers’ multi-peril crop insurance premium, or whole farm revenue protection premium up to a maximum of $10.00 per acre. The subsidy would be directly paid by the Delaware Department of Agriculture to the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation on behalf of Delaware eligible producers. The Department would administer the Program. The Act requires the Department to provide an annual Report to the Chairs of the House and Senate Agriculture Committees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "152"
identifier: "HB 87"
citation: "Delaware HB 87 (152)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian Pettyjohn", "David L. Wilson", "David P. Sokola", "Kerri Evelyn Harris", "Laura V. Sturgeon", "Peter C. Schwartzkopf", "Russell Huxtable", "Ruth Briggs King", "Sherry Dorsey Walker", "Stell Parker Selby", "Trey Paradee", "Valerie Longhurst", "William Bush", "William J. Carson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-03-17"
last_action: "2024-07-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/44202cc2-dc84-4d5d-9609-c1f001cdf10d"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=130101"
source_hash: "87b4b1097180ad159b161dfcafa2a71344a89b749fb11d3f8bba52dfb9acb040"
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 HB 87 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 3 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO A DELAWARE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION INSURANCE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

This Act establishes the Delaware Agricultural Production Assistance Program. The Program will provide a subsidy of up to 30% of the premium for eligible producers’ multi-peril crop insurance premium, or whole farm revenue protection premium up to a maximum of $10.00 per acre. The subsidy would be directly paid by the Delaware Department of Agriculture to the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation on behalf of Delaware eligible producers. The Department would administer the Program. The Act requires the Department to provide an annual Report to the Chairs of the House and Senate Agriculture Committees.

## 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=130101&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB87)
2. **HA 1 to HB 87** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=130262&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
3. **SA 2 to HB 87** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=141454&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)

## Votes

- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- SM — **41–0** (pass) · lower
- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
- David L. Wilson — primary (person)
- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
- Kerri Evelyn Harris — primary (person)
- Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
- Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
- Ruth Briggs King — primary (person)
- Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
- Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)
- Trey Paradee — primary (person)
- Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
- William Bush — primary (person)
- William J. Carson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-17** Introduced and Assigned to Agriculture Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-28** Reported Out of Committee (Agriculture) in House with 6 Favorable, 6 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-30** Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-27** Amendment HA 1 to HB 87 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-05-09** Reported Out of Committee (Appropriations) in House with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-07** Amendment HA 1 to HB 87 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2024-03-07** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Assigned to Agriculture Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-13** Reported Out of Committee (Agriculture) in Senate with 6 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-13** Assigned to Finance Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-23** Reported Out of Committee (Finance) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-14** Amendment SA 1 to HB 87 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-05-15** Amendment SA 1 to HB 87 - Stricken in Senate
- **2024-05-21** Amendment SA 2 to HB 87 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-06-11** Amendment SA 2 to HB 87 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `amendment-passage`
- **2024-06-11** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2024-06-18** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
- **2024-07-25** 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/44202cc2-dc84-4d5d-9609-c1f001cdf10d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).