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SB 211 Delaware Senate · 153rd General Assembly (2025-2026)

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATED TO AGRICULTURE.

Summary
This Act increases the size of the Governor’s Council on Agriculture from 7 to 9 members. The Act also requires that 1 member on the Council must be a livestock producer, and 1 member must be a farmer that is 40 years old or younger.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2025
Committee Review
Jun 2026
Senate Passage
Mar 2026
House Passage
Jun 2026
Signed into Law
Jul 2026
Introduced Dec 18, 2025 Signed Jul 23, 2026
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What changed between versions

SA 1 to SB 211 → Bill Text · 3 edits
MINOR
The bill transitioned from a Senate Amendment to its final enacted form. The final version increases the Governor's Council on Agriculture from 7 to 9 members and requires that one member be a livestock producer and one member be a farmer aged 40 or younger. Notably, the SA 1 amendment had proposed adding 'poultry' to the livestock producer requirement and making it a minimum threshold ('at least'), but neither of those changes appears in the final text.
SCOPE

The Council size increased from 7 to 9 members.

ELIGIBILITY

A new requirement was added that one Council member must be a farmer aged 40 years or younger.

The SA 1 proposal to expand the producer requirement to include 'poultry' producers and to make it a minimum threshold ('at least 1') was not carried into the final bill text; the final version only requires '1 member that is a livestock producer.'

Floor votes · Senate Mar 10, 2026 · House Jun 16, 2026

How they voted

21–0
Passed
Total votes 21
Mar 10, 2026
D Democratic15
15 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican6
6 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
9
Key actions
6
Committee
2
Amendments
2
Jul 23, 2026
Signed into law
Signed by Governor
executive
Jun 16, 2026
Lower · Passed
Passed By House. Votes: 37 YES 1 NO 3 ABSENT
lower
Jun 10, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported Out of Committee (Agriculture) in House with 3 Favorable, 7 On Its Merits
lower
Mar 11, 2026
Introduced
Assigned to Agriculture Committee in House
lower
Mar 10, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
upper
Mar 10, 2026
Upper · Passed
Amendment SA 1 to SB 211 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
upper
Jan 21, 2026
Upper · Passed
Reported Out of Committee (Agriculture) in Senate with 6 Favorable
upper
Jan 13, 2026
Introduced
Amendment SA 1 to SB 211 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
upper
Dec 18, 2025
Introduced
Introduced and Assigned to Agriculture Committee in Senate
upper
24 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

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Legislator
Party
State
District
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Bill Bush
DDemocratic
DE
29
P
Photo of Bill Carson
Bill Carson
DDemocratic
DE
28
P
Photo of Brian Pettyjohn
Brian Pettyjohn
RRepublican
DE
19
P
Photo of Bryan Townsend
Bryan Townsend
DDemocratic
DE
11
P
Photo of Bryant Richardson
Bryant Richardson
RRepublican
DE
21
P
Photo of Darius Brown
Darius Brown
DDemocratic
DE
2
P
Photo of Dave Lawson
Dave Lawson
RRepublican
DE
15
P
Photo of Dave Sokola
Dave Sokola
DDemocratic
DE
8
P
Photo of Dave Wilson
Dave Wilson
RRepublican
DE
18
P
Photo of Frank Cooke
Frank Cooke
DDemocratic
DE
16
P
Photo of Jack Walsh
Jack Walsh
DDemocratic
DE
9
P
Photo of Jesse Vanderwende
Jesse Vanderwende
RRepublican
DE
35
P
Photo of Josue Ortega
Josue Ortega
DDemocratic
DE
3
P
Photo of Kerri Harris
Kerri Harris
DDemocratic
DE
32
P
Photo of Kyra Hoffner
Kyra Hoffner
DDemocratic
DE
14
P
Photo of Laura Sturgeon
Laura Sturgeon
DDemocratic
DE
4
P
Photo of Marie Pinkney
Marie Pinkney
DDemocratic
DE
13
P
Photo of Melanie Ross Levin
Melanie Ross Levin
DDemocratic
DE
10
P
Photo of Nicole Poore
Nicole Poore
DDemocratic
DE
12
P
Photo of Ray Seigfried
Ray Seigfried
DDemocratic
DE
5
P
Photo of Russ Huxtable
Russ Huxtable
DDemocratic
DE
6
P
Photo of Spiros Mantzavinos
Spiros Mantzavinos
DDemocratic
DE
7
P
Photo of Stell Selby
Stell Selby
DDemocratic
DE
20
P
Photo of Trey Paradee
Trey Paradee
DDemocratic
DE
17