republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/152/sb-254.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO FOOD DESERTS.	This Act creates the Delaware Grocery Initiative.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	152	SB 254	Delaware SB 254 (152)	bill		enacted	Brian Pettyjohn Bryan Townsend Bryant L. Richardson Cyndie Romer Darius J. Brown David L. Wilson David P. Sokola Franklin D. Cooke John "Jack" Walsh Kendra Johnson Laura V. Sturgeon Marie Pinkney Nicole Poore Paul S. Baumbach Peter C. Schwartzkopf Russell Huxtable S. Elizabeth Lockman Sarah McBride Sean Matthews Spiros Mantzavinos Stell Parker Selby Trey Paradee Valerie Longhurst	1	9	2	2024-06-06	2024-08-29	openstates	ocd-bill/292afa6b-372a-430e-995a-d170ac9c331e	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141487	07dc1495bd2675e9fb12ef6c3c1a092120880fa4a84175d14f7ea5de9a16f588	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware SB 254 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO FOOD DESERTS.

This Act creates the Delaware Grocery Initiative.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 2/3 — 41–0 (pass) · lower
• SM — 20–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
• Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
• Bryant L. Richardson — primary (person)
• Cyndie Romer — primary (person)
• Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
• David L. Wilson — primary (person)
• David P. Sokola — primary (person)
• Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
• John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
• Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
• Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
• Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
• Nicole Poore — primary (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
• Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
• Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
• S. Elizabeth Lockman — primary (person)
• Sarah McBride — primary (person)
• Sean Matthews — primary (person)
• Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
• Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)
• Trey Paradee — primary (person)
• Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-06-06 Adopted in lieu of the original bill SB 254, and Assigned to Finance Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-06-11 Reported Out of Committee (Finance) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2024-06-11 Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2024-06-12 Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-06-18 Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 9 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2024-06-20 Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-06-25 Reported Out of Committee (Appropriations) in House with 6 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2024-06-27 Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES passage
• 2024-08-29 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/292afa6b-372a-430e-995a-d170ac9c331e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).