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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO LOTTERIES."
description: "This Substitute Act implements certain recommendations adopted by the Lottery & Gaming Study Commission in 2015 and the Video Lottery Advisory Council in 2017, in recognition of significant changes in the regional gaming marketplace and the States desire to remain competitive in the face of a proliferation of gaming venues in neighboring states. This Substitute Act adjusts the revenue sharing model in a way that ensures that the State continues to benefit from video lottery proceeds, ensures continued employment and horse racing at the States three video lottery facilities, and ensures that the video lottery agents will be able to reinvest capital in their facilities, market their facilities, and maintain their high standards of customer service."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "149"
identifier: "SB 144"
citation: "Delaware SB 144 (149)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian J. Bushweller", "Trey Charles Paradee", "William J. Carson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-04-25"
last_action: "2018-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f406be56-5adc-4bde-9f5c-a05b2fe30d90"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26561"
source_hash: "4e406ab3ded6b514b3f7d60820f0214bb978c93a9d9cfa64d546b4e10c43313a"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
---
# Delaware SB 144 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO LOTTERIES.
This Substitute Act implements certain recommendations adopted by the Lottery & Gaming Study Commission in 2015 and the Video Lottery Advisory Council in 2017, in recognition of significant changes in the regional gaming marketplace and the States desire to remain competitive in the face of a proliferation of gaming venues in neighboring states. This Substitute Act adjusts the revenue sharing model in a way that ensures that the State continues to benefit from video lottery proceeds, ensures continued employment and horse racing at the States three video lottery facilities, and ensures that the video lottery agents will be able to reinvest capital in their facilities, market their facilities, and maintain their high standards of customer service.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=26561&legislationTypeId=6&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SS1)
## Votes
- SM — **173** (pass) · upper
- SM — **354** (pass) · lower
- SM — **173** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Brian J. Bushweller — primary (person)
- Trey Charles Paradee — primary (person)
- William J. Carson — primary (person)
- Anthony Delcollo — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
- Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
- Catherine Cloutier — cosponsor (person)
- Colin Bonini — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel B. Short — cosponsor (person)
- Dave G. Lawson — cosponsor (person)
- Helene M. Keeley — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff N. Spiegelman — cosponsor (person)
- John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
- John J. Viola — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin S Hensley — cosponsor (person)
- Lyndon D. Yearick — cosponsor (person)
- Margaret Rose Henry — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Mulrooney — cosponsor (person)
- Nicole Poore — cosponsor (person)
- Sean M. Lynn — cosponsor (person)
- Sean Matthews — cosponsor (person)
- Stephen Smyk — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2018-04-25** was introduced and adopted in lieu of SB 144 `introduction`
- **2018-04-25** Assigned to Finance Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-04-25** Reported Out of Committee (Finance) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-04-26** Passed By Senate. Votes: 17 YES 3 NO 1 NOT VOTING `passage`
- **2018-06-14** Amendment HA 1 to SS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-06-22** Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-06-28** Amendment HA 1 to SS 1 - Stricken in House
- **2018-06-28** Amendment HA 2 to SS 1 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2018-06-28** Passed By House. Votes: 35 YES 4 NO 1 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2018-06-30** Passed By Senate. Votes: 17 YES 3 NO 1 NOT VOTING `passage`
- **2018-06-30** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f406be56-5adc-4bde-9f5c-a05b2fe30d90`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).