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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE TOURISM ADVISORY BOARD."
description: "This Act is a result of the Joint Legislative Oversight and Sunset Committee's review of the Tourism Advisory Board (\"Board\"). First formed in 1981, the Board has served in an advisory role to the Delaware Tourism Office, Division of Small Business, and the Department of State. The Board's primary purpose is advocating for and promoting tourism in Delaware. Its duties include researching and studying matters appropriate to best support the Delaware Tourism Office functions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "152"
identifier: "SB 137"
citation: "Delaware SB 137 (152)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian Pettyjohn", "Bryan Townsend", "Bryant L. Richardson", "Kendra Johnson", "Kyra L. Hoffner", "Richard G. Collins", "Russell Huxtable", "Sherry Dorsey Walker", "Stell Parker Selby"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-05-19"
last_action: "2023-07-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/741dcbbc-d1ea-4e1a-91c0-10155cfabe24"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=140438"
source_hash: "cefd12443a9be5e4ee6e707d8241490493c2451bb866f57b57ff3f1554c22099"
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 SB 137 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE TOURISM ADVISORY BOARD.
This Act is a result of the Joint Legislative Oversight and Sunset Committee's review of the Tourism Advisory Board ("Board"). First formed in 1981, the Board has served in an advisory role to the Delaware Tourism Office, Division of Small Business, and the Department of State. The Board's primary purpose is advocating for and promoting tourism in Delaware. Its duties include researching and studying matters appropriate to best support the Delaware Tourism Office functions.
## 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=140438&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB137)
## Votes
- SM — **380** (pass) · lower
- SM — **210** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
- Bryant L. Richardson — primary (person)
- Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
- Kyra L. Hoffner — primary (person)
- Richard G. Collins — primary (person)
- Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
- Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
- Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-05-19** Introduced and Assigned to Legislative Oversight & Sunset Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-07** Reported Out of Committee (Legislative Oversight & Sunset) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2023-06-13** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2023-06-14** Assigned to Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability) Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-20** Reported Out of Committee (Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability)) in House with 3 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-22** Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 3 ABSENT `passage`
- **2023-07-25** 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/741dcbbc-d1ea-4e1a-91c0-10155cfabe24`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).