DE SB 211
enactedAN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATED TO AGRICULTURE.
Delaware · 2025-2026 Regular Session (153rd General Assembly) · upper
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Quick answers
Did DE SB 211 pass?
Yes. DE SB 211 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-07-23): Signed by Governor
What is DE SB 211 about?
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.
Who sponsors DE SB 211?
Jesse R. Vanderwende, David L. Wilson, John "Jack" Walsh and 22 others are the primary sponsors of DE SB 211.
Description
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.
- Introduced
- 2025-12-18
- Latest action
- 2026-07-23 — Signed by Governor
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Sponsors
- Jesse R. Vanderwendeprimary
- David L. Wilsonprimary
- John "Jack" Walshprimary
- Bryan Townsendprimary
- Laura V. Sturgeonprimary
- David P. Sokolaprimary
- Ray Seigfriedprimary
- Bryant L. Richardsonprimary
- Nicole Pooreprimary
- Marie Pinkneyprimary
- Brian Pettyjohnprimary
- Trey Paradeeprimary
- Spiros Mantzavinosprimary
- Josue O Ortegaprimary
- Dave G. Lawsonprimary
- Russell Huxtableprimary
- Stell Parker Selbyprimary
- Melanie Ross Levinprimary
- Sarah McBrideprimary
- Franklin D. Cookeprimary
- Darius J. Brownprimary
- Kerri Evelyn Harrisprimary
- William J. Carsonprimary
- William Bushprimary
- Kyra L. Hoffnerprimary
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
Newest first
2026-07-23
Signed by Governor
executive-signature
2026-06-16
Passed By House. Votes: 37 YES 1 NO 3 ABSENT
passage
2026-06-10
Reported Out of Committee (Agriculture) in House with 3 Favorable, 7 On Its Merits
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2026-03-11
Assigned to Agriculture Committee in House
introduction,referral-committee
2026-03-10
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
passage
2026-03-10
Amendment SA 1 to SB 211 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
amendment-passage
2026-01-21
Reported Out of Committee (Agriculture) in Senate with 6 Favorable
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2026-01-13
Amendment SA 1 to SB 211 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
amendment-introduction
2025-12-18
Introduced and Assigned to Agriculture Committee in Senate
introduction,referral-committee
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Votes
SM
2026-03-10 · pass · 21-0
Member-level votes (21)
- Darius J. Brown: yes
- Eric Buckson: yes
- Daniel Cruce: yes
- Stephanie L. Hansen: yes
- Gerald W. Hocker: yes
- Kyra L. Hoffner: yes
- Russell Huxtable: yes
- Dave G. Lawson: yes
- S. Elizabeth Lockman: yes
- Spiros Mantzavinos: yes
- Trey Paradee: yes
- Brian Pettyjohn: yes
- Marie Pinkney: yes
- Nicole Poore: yes
- Bryant L. Richardson: yes
- Ray Seigfried: yes
- David P. Sokola: yes
- Laura V. Sturgeon: yes
- Bryan Townsend: yes
- John "Jack" Walsh: yes
- David L. Wilson: yes
3/5
2026-06-16 · pass · 37-1
Member-level votes (41)
- Alonna Berry: yes
- Stephanie T. Bolden: yes
- Frank Burns: yes
- William Bush: yes
- William J. Carson: yes
- Nnamdi O. Chukwuocha: yes
- Richard G. Collins: yes
- Franklin D. Cooke: yes
- Daniel B. Short: yes
- Timothy D. Dukes: yes
- Mara Gorman: yes
- Ronald E. Gray: yes
- Krista Griffith: yes
- Kerri Evelyn Harris: yes
- Debra Heffernan: yes
- Kevin S Hensley: yes
- Jeff Hilovsky: no
- Valerie Jones Giltner: yes
- Kendra Johnson: yes
- Kimberly Williams: yes
- Kamela T Smith: yes
- Larry Lambert: yes
- Sean M. Lynn: other
- Michael F. Smith: yes
- Melissa Minor-Brown: yes
- Shannon Morris: yes
- Eric Morrison: yes
- DeShanna U Neal: yes
- Josue O Ortega: other
- Edward S. Osienski: yes
- Sophie Phillips: yes
- Charles S Postles Jr.: other
- Cyndie Romer: yes
- Melanie Ross Levin: yes
- Sherae'a Moore: yes
- Bryan W. Shupe: yes
- Claire Snyder-Hall: yes
- Jeffrey N. Spiegelman: yes
- Jesse R. Vanderwende: yes
- Madinah Wilson-Anton: yes
- Lyndon D. Yearick: yes
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