republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/152/sb-273.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 3 AND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS.	This Act legalizes the sale and distribution of raw milk and products derived from raw milk by dairy producers directly to consumers for human consumption. This Act also removes the unused definitions of “Delaware fresh milk” and “northeastern fresh milk” from Subchapter VI of Title 3. The definition of “fresh milk” under current § 3175 of Title 3 is retained.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	152	SB 273	Delaware SB 273 (152)	bill		enacted	Bryan Townsend Charles S Postles Jr. David L. Wilson David P. Sokola Eric Buckson Jesse R. Vanderwende Kendra Johnson Kerri Evelyn Harris Lyndon D. Yearick Michael F. Smith Paul S. Baumbach Peter C. Schwartzkopf Russell Huxtable Sean Matthews Shannon Morris Sherry Dorsey Walker Stell Parker Selby Timothy D. Dukes Valerie Longhurst William J. Carson	1	7	2	2024-05-02	2024-09-26	openstates	ocd-bill/ed278cff-b15e-4069-b163-98419c3de7d3	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141278	3c3cbb1478d5044b9fe89b7d5897743879cd08032c74272348eda5480ab60471	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware SB 273 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 3 AND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS.

This Act legalizes the sale and distribution of raw milk and products derived from raw milk by dairy producers directly to consumers for human consumption. This Act also removes the unused definitions of “Delaware fresh milk” and “northeastern fresh milk” from Subchapter VI of Title 3. The definition of “fresh milk” under current § 3175 of Title 3 is retained.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 39–2 (pass) · lower
• SM — 14–5 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
• Charles S Postles Jr. — primary (person)
• David L. Wilson — primary (person)
• David P. Sokola — primary (person)
• Eric Buckson — primary (person)
• Jesse R. Vanderwende — primary (person)
• Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
• Kerri Evelyn Harris — primary (person)
• Lyndon D. Yearick — primary (person)
• Michael F. Smith — primary (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
• Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
• Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
• Sean Matthews — primary (person)
• Shannon Morris — primary (person)
• Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
• Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)
• Timothy D. Dukes — primary (person)
• Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
• William J. Carson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-05-02 Introduced and Assigned to Agriculture Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-05-15 Reported Out of Committee (Agriculture) in Senate with 5 Favorable committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-05-23 Passed By Senate. Votes: 14 YES 5 NO 2 ABSENT passage
• 2024-06-06 Assigned to Agriculture Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-06-11 Reported Out of Committee (Agriculture) in House with 6 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-06-27 Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 NO passage
• 2024-09-26 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ed278cff-b15e-4069-b163-98419c3de7d3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).