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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 7 OF THE DELAWARE CODE AND CHAPTER 108, VOLUME 62 OF THE LAWS OF DELAWARE, AS AMENDED BY CHAPTER 99, VOLUME 72 OF THE LAWS OF DELAWARE, RELATING TO CLARIFYING THE WARNER GRANT TRUST AND THE JURISDICTION OF THE COURT OF CHANCERY AS ARBITER OF DISPUTES REGARDING THE WARNER GRANT TRUST LAND."
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description: "In 1682 or 1683, the Sussex County Court, created by William Penn, created the land grant that is the subject of this Act (“Warner Grant”). As this Act describes, the Warner Grant consists of land in and adjacent to the City of Lewes largely consisting of what is now Cape Henlopen State Park. As the United States District Court for Delaware would later find, the Warner Grant created a “right of common” held in trust for the benefit the people of Lewes and Sussex County. See United States v. 1,010.8 Acres Situate in Sussex County, 56 F. Supp. 120 (D. Del. 1944)."
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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 6"
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citation: "Delaware SB 6 (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", "Cyndie Romer", "David L. Wilson", "David P. Sokola", "Kerri Evelyn Harris", "Laura V. Sturgeon", "Paul S. Baumbach", "Peter C. Schwartzkopf", "Russell Huxtable", "Sean Matthews", "Stell Parker Selby", "Valerie Longhurst"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 13
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2023-05-10"
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last_action: "2023-09-21"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/79cac46b-bdf7-4608-bdf3-3c55ee5eb1c9"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=130352"
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source_hash: "b74673f20d302eb9e49d9ad178f0fbccba41a9549bc81afd194c863eba1f498e"
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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 6 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 7 OF THE DELAWARE CODE AND CHAPTER 108, VOLUME 62 OF THE LAWS OF DELAWARE, AS AMENDED BY CHAPTER 99, VOLUME 72 OF THE LAWS OF DELAWARE, RELATING TO CLARIFYING THE WARNER GRANT TRUST AND THE JURISDICTION OF THE COURT OF CHANCERY AS ARBITER OF DISPUTES REGARDING THE WARNER GRANT TRUST LAND.
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In 1682 or 1683, the Sussex County Court, created by William Penn, created the land grant that is the subject of this Act (“Warner Grant”). As this Act describes, the Warner Grant consists of land in and adjacent to the City of Lewes largely consisting of what is now Cape Henlopen State Park. As the United States District Court for Delaware would later find, the Warner Grant created a “right of common” held in trust for the benefit the people of Lewes and Sussex County. See United States v. 1,010.8 Acres Situate in Sussex County, 56 F. Supp. 120 (D. Del. 1944).
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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=130352&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB6)
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2. **HA 1 to SB 6** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=140764&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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3. **HA 2 to HA 1 to SB 6** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=140782&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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4. **SA 1 to SB 6** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=140516&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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## Votes
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- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **24–0** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
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- Cyndie Romer — primary (person)
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- David L. Wilson — primary (person)
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- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
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- Kerri Evelyn Harris — primary (person)
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- Laura V. Sturgeon — 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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- Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)
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- Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-05-10** Introduced and Assigned to Environment, Energy & Transportation Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2023-05-17** Reported Out of Committee (Environment, Energy & Transportation) in Senate with 5 Favorable `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-06-06** Amendment SA 1 to SB 6 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2023-06-06** Amendment SA 1 to SB 6 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `amendment-passage`
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- **2023-06-06** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2023-06-07** Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2023-06-13** Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2023-06-28** Amendment HA 1 to SB 6 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2023-06-29** Amendment HA 2 to HA 1 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2023-06-29** Amendment HA 1 to SB 6 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2023-06-29** Passed By House. Votes: 24 YES 1 NOT VOTING 16 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2023-06-30** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2023-09-21** 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/79cac46b-bdf7-4608-bdf3-3c55ee5eb1c9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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