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---
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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 9 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO FARMS."
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description: "This bill updates the criteria for agriculture, horticulture, or forestry land use."
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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 63"
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citation: "Delaware SB 63 (152)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Brian Pettyjohn", "Bryan Townsend", "Bryant L. Richardson", "Darius J. Brown", "Dave G. Lawson", "David L. Wilson", "David P. Sokola", "Franklin D. Cooke", "John \"Jack\" Walsh", "Kendra Johnson", "Laura V. Sturgeon", "Marie Pinkney", "Nicole Poore", "Peter C. Schwartzkopf", "Russell Huxtable", "S. Elizabeth Lockman", "Sarah McBride", "Sean Matthews", "Sherry Dorsey Walker", "Spiros Mantzavinos", "Stell Parker Selby", "Trey Paradee", "William Bush", "William J. Carson"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 11
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2023-03-09"
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last_action: "2023-04-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/13e0ce47-8e21-48b6-9df0-3e06848d890b"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=130069"
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source_hash: "8bb80ce1ca0bac2e8262836e1a56a7f7961ede9f49938498b8a15173ad165376"
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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 63 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 9 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO FARMS.
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This bill updates the criteria for agriculture, horticulture, or forestry land use.
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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=130069&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB63)
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2. **HA 1 to SB 63** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=130151&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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## Votes
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- SM — **37–0** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **20–0** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
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- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
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- Bryant L. Richardson — primary (person)
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- Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
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- Dave G. Lawson — primary (person)
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- David L. Wilson — primary (person)
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- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
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- Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
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- John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
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- Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
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- Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
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- Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
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- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
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- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
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- Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
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- S. Elizabeth Lockman — primary (person)
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- Sarah McBride — primary (person)
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- Sean Matthews — primary (person)
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- Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
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- Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
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- Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)
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- Trey Paradee — primary (person)
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- William Bush — 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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- **2023-03-09** Introduced and Laid on Table in Senate `introduction`
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- **2023-03-10** Lifted From Table in Senate
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- **2023-03-10** Assigned to Agriculture Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-15** Reported Out of Committee (Agriculture) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-16** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2023-03-17** Assigned to Agriculture Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-28** Reported Out of Committee (Agriculture) in House with 1 Favorable, 10 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-30** Amendment HA 1 to SB 63 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2023-03-30** Passed By House. Votes: 37 YES 2 NOT VOTING 2 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2023-04-04** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2023-04-06** 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/13e0ce47-8e21-48b6-9df0-3e06848d890b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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