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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO FOOD DESERTS."
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description: "This Act creates the Delaware Grocery Initiative."
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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 254"
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citation: "Delaware SB 254 (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", "Cyndie Romer", "Darius J. Brown", "David L. Wilson", "David P. Sokola", "Franklin D. Cooke", "John \"Jack\" Walsh", "Kendra Johnson", "Laura V. Sturgeon", "Marie Pinkney", "Nicole Poore", "Paul S. Baumbach", "Peter C. Schwartzkopf", "Russell Huxtable", "S. Elizabeth Lockman", "Sarah McBride", "Sean Matthews", "Spiros Mantzavinos", "Stell Parker Selby", "Trey Paradee", "Valerie Longhurst"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 9
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2024-06-06"
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last_action: "2024-08-29"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/292afa6b-372a-430e-995a-d170ac9c331e"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141487"
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source_hash: "07dc1495bd2675e9fb12ef6c3c1a092120880fa4a84175d14f7ea5de9a16f588"
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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 254 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO FOOD DESERTS.
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This Act creates the Delaware Grocery Initiative.
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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=141487&legislationTypeId=6&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SS1forSB254)
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## Votes
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- 2/3 — **41–0** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **20–0** (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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- Cyndie Romer — primary (person)
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- Darius J. Brown — 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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- 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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- 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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- 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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- 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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- **2024-06-06** Adopted in lieu of the original bill SB 254, and Assigned to Finance Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2024-06-11** Reported Out of Committee (Finance) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2024-06-11** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2024-06-12** Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2024-06-18** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 9 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2024-06-20** Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2024-06-25** Reported Out of Committee (Appropriations) in House with 6 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2024-06-27** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
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- **2024-08-29** 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/292afa6b-372a-430e-995a-d170ac9c331e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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