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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 3 AND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS."
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description: "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."
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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: "SB 273"
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citation: "Delaware SB 273 (152)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["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"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 7
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2024-05-02"
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last_action: "2024-09-26"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ed278cff-b15e-4069-b163-98419c3de7d3"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141278"
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source_hash: "3c3cbb1478d5044b9fe89b7d5897743879cd08032c74272348eda5480ab60471"
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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 SB 273 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 3 AND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS.
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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.
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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=141278&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB273)
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## Votes
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- SM — **39–2** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **14–5** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
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- Charles S Postles Jr. — primary (person)
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- David L. Wilson — primary (person)
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- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
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- Eric Buckson — primary (person)
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- Jesse R. Vanderwende — primary (person)
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- Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
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- Kerri Evelyn Harris — primary (person)
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- Lyndon D. Yearick — primary (person)
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- Michael F. Smith — primary (person)
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- Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
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- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
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- Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
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- Sean Matthews — primary (person)
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- Shannon Morris — primary (person)
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- Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
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- Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)
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- Timothy D. Dukes — primary (person)
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- Valerie Longhurst — 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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- **2024-05-02** Introduced and Assigned to Agriculture Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2024-05-15** Reported Out of Committee (Agriculture) in Senate with 5 Favorable `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-05-23** Passed By Senate. Votes: 14 YES 5 NO 2 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2024-06-06** Assigned to Agriculture Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2024-06-11** Reported Out of Committee (Agriculture) in House with 6 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-06-27** Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 NO `passage`
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- **2024-09-26** 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/ed278cff-b15e-4069-b163-98419c3de7d3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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