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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 17 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE ACQUISITION OF REAL PROPERTY."
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description: "This bill serves to better define and limit what real property rights the Department of Transportation may acquire. It also corrects a technical error that if left unchanged, will jeopardize the use of federal funds on transportation projects due to non-conformance with the National Environmental Policy Act and federal highway regulations."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "149"
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identifier: "HB 144"
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citation: "Delaware HB 144 (149)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Edward S. Osienski", "Stephanie L. Hansen"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 10
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2017-04-25"
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last_action: "2018-04-17"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/218f68bf-6b9e-4c6c-b359-e5a4696a1ea7"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25660"
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source_hash: "7c6c42b86e8e8f908ae54af3bcb58cf1e4d28234452a5197b899bcab66edc5aa"
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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 HB 144 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 17 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE ACQUISITION OF REAL PROPERTY.
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This bill serves to better define and limit what real property rights the Department of Transportation may acquire. It also corrects a technical error that if left unchanged, will jeopardize the use of federal funds on transportation projects due to non-conformance with the National Environmental Policy Act and federal highway regulations.
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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=25660&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB144)
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## Votes
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- SM — **15–5** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **28–12** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
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- Stephanie L. Hansen — primary (person)
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- Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
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- Helene M. Keeley — cosponsor (person)
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- James Johnson — cosponsor (person)
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- John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
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- John Walsh — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-04-25** Introduced and Assigned to Transportation/Land Use and Infrastructure Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2017-05-10** Reported Out of Committee (Transportation/Land Use and Infrastructure) in House with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2017-06-13** Amendment HA 2 to HB 144 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2017-06-29** Amendment HA 1 to HB 144 - Stricken in House
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- **2017-06-29** Amendment HA 2 to HB 144 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2017-06-29** Passed By House. Votes: 28 YES 12 NO 1 NOT VOTING `passage`
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- **2017-07-12** Assigned to Transportation Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2018-03-13** Reported Out of Committee (Transportation) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2018-03-22** Passed By Senate. Votes: 15 YES 5 NO 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2018-04-17** 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/218f68bf-6b9e-4c6c-b359-e5a4696a1ea7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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