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SB190 • 2025

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 3 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO LEASES OF AGRICULTURAL LAND OWNED BY THIS STATE OR A POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF THIS STATE.

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 3 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO LEASES OF AGRICULTURAL LAND OWNED BY THIS STATE OR A POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF THIS STATE.

Agriculture
Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

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Last action
2025-08-12
Official status
Signed by Governor
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Plain English Breakdown

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AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 3 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO LEASES OF AGRICULTURAL LAND OWNED BY THIS STATE OR A POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF THIS STATE.

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 3 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO LEASES OF AGRICULTURAL LAND OWNED BY THIS STATE OR A POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF THIS STATE.

What This Bill Does

  • AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 3 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO LEASES OF AGRICULTURAL LAND OWNED BY THIS STATE OR A POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF THIS STATE.
  • This Act is a Senate Bill version of House Bill No.
  • 117, as amended by House Amendment No.
  • 1 (“House Bill No.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2025-08-12 Delaware General Assembly

    Signed by Governor

  2. 2025-06-30 Delaware General Assembly

    Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 VACANT

  3. 2025-06-26 Delaware General Assembly

    Reported Out of Committee (Agriculture) in House with 2 Favorable, 7 On Its Merits

  4. 2025-06-25 Delaware General Assembly

    Assigned to Agriculture Committee in House

  5. 2025-06-24 Delaware General Assembly

    Suspension of Rules in Senate

  6. 2025-06-24 Delaware General Assembly

    Lifted From Table in Senate

  7. 2025-06-24 Delaware General Assembly

    Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES

  8. 2025-06-19 Delaware General Assembly

    Introduced and Laid on Table in Senate

Official Summary Text

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 3 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO LEASES OF AGRICULTURAL LAND OWNED BY THIS STATE OR A POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF THIS STATE.
This Act is a Senate Bill version of House Bill No. 117, as amended by House Amendment No. 1 (“House Bill No. 117”), which was reported out of the House Agriculture Committee on May 14, passed by the House on May 22, and reported out of the Senate Agriculture Committee on June 11.

This Act replaces House Bill No. 117 to do all of the following:
(1) Correct the bill title to ensure adequate notice that this Act is intended to apply to land owned by a political subdivision of this State, not just land owned by this State.
(2) Make technical corrections consistent with the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual.
(3) Clarify that under § 2002(b) of Title 3 the land referenced is intended to be land owned by this State or a subdivision of this State.

Otherwise, this Act is substantively identical to House Bill No. 117 and so, like House Bill No. 117, this Act requires this State and any political subdivision of this State to notify the Farm Bureau when land owned by this State or an