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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO STATE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSFERRING THE FUNCTIONS OF THE DELAWARE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OFFICE TO A DIVISION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE."
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description: "Recognizing a fundamental economic change toward businesses that require innovation, The Honorable John C. Carney, Governor of the State of Delaware, issued Executive Order One on January 18, 2017 creating a Working Group of business and government leaders to study methods to improve coordination between the public and private sectors, attract growing businesses and foster economic development throughout the State. The Governor appointed members of the Working Group representing government, business leaders and the community."
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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 226"
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citation: "Delaware HB 226 (149)"
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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", "Bryon H. Short", "John Walsh", "Lyndon D. Yearick"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 12
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2017-06-13"
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last_action: "2017-06-30"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a5bbd126-c00a-4c74-bd90-f6d5d58d7cf4"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25956"
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source_hash: "169aa5da8d117310a157aeac528ed1e48f3efbf0a26a4e864bce2ad9208e419d"
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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 226 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO STATE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSFERRING THE FUNCTIONS OF THE DELAWARE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OFFICE TO A DIVISION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE.
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Recognizing a fundamental economic change toward businesses that require innovation, The Honorable John C. Carney, Governor of the State of Delaware, issued Executive Order One on January 18, 2017 creating a Working Group of business and government leaders to study methods to improve coordination between the public and private sectors, attract growing businesses and foster economic development throughout the State. The Governor appointed members of the Working Group representing government, business leaders and the community.
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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=25956&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB226)
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## Votes
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- SM — **34–6** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **19–2** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
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- Bryon H. Short — primary (person)
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- John Walsh — primary (person)
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- Lyndon D. Yearick — primary (person)
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- Anthony Delcollo — cosponsor (person)
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- Daniel B. Short — cosponsor (person)
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- Deborah Hudson — cosponsor (person)
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- Earl G. Jaques Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
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- Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
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- Gerald W. Hocker — cosponsor (person)
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- Helene M. Keeley — cosponsor (person)
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- John J. Viola — cosponsor (person)
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- Margaret Rose Henry — cosponsor (person)
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- Melanie George Smith — cosponsor (person)
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- Michael Mulrooney — cosponsor (person)
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- Quinton Johnson — cosponsor (person)
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- Trey Charles Paradee — cosponsor (person)
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- William J. Carson — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-06-13** Introduced and Assigned to House Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2017-06-13** ReAssigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance/Commerce Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2017-06-14** Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance/Commerce) in House with 3 Favorable, 6 On Its Merits `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2017-06-20** Amendment HA 1 to HB 226 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2017-06-20** Amendment HA 1 to HB 226 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2017-06-20** Amendment HA 2 to HB 226 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2017-06-20** Amendment HA 3 to HB 226 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2017-06-20** Passed By House. Votes: 34 YES 6 NO 1 NOT VOTING `passage`
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- **2017-06-20** ReAssigned to Sunset Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2017-06-22** Reported Out of Committee (Sunset) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2017-06-28** Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 NO `passage`
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- **2017-06-30** 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/a5bbd126-c00a-4c74-bd90-f6d5d58d7cf4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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