Delaware · Senate Bill 254 · 152nd General Assembly

Delaware Grocery Initiative/Create

SB 254 Sponsored by Darius J. Brown Withdrawn

  1. Introduced Mar 21, 2024
  2. In committee Mar 21, 2024
  3. Withdrawn  
  4. Passed the House  
  5. To the governor  
  6. Became law  

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

This Act creates the Delaware Grocery Initiative. It directs the Office of State Planning Coordination (“Office”) to study food insecurity in urban and rural food deserts. The Act defines a food desert and directs the Office to expand access to healthy foods in food deserts by providing financial assistance to grocery stores, independently owned for-profit grocery stores, cooperative grocery stores, non-profit…

Read the full title (118 words)

This Act creates the Delaware Grocery Initiative. It directs the Office of State Planning Coordination (“Office”) to study food insecurity in urban and rural food deserts. The Act defines a food desert and directs the Office to expand access to healthy foods in food deserts by providing financial assistance to grocery stores, independently owned for-profit grocery stores, cooperative grocery stores, non-profit grocery stores as well as grocery stores owned and operated by local governmental units. The Act provides the Office with authority to enter into contracts, grants, or other agreements to administer grants and other financial support, including technical assistance. It further authorizes the Office to adopt and promulgate rules and regulations to implement and administer this initiative.

Every action

12 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

  1. CommitteeIntroduced and Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate · Senate Elections & Government Affairs
  2. CommitteeReported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits · Senate Elections & Government Affairs
  3. CommitteeAssigned to Finance Committee in Senate · Senate Finance
  4. SenateSubstituted in Senate by SS 1 for SB 254
  5. SenateSS 1 for SB 254 - Reported Out of Committee (Finance) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits
  6. SenateSS 1 for SB 254 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT
  7. HouseSS 1 for SB 254 - Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House
  8. HouseSS 1 for SB 254 - Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 9 On Its Merits
  9. HouseSS 1 for SB 254 - Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House
  10. HouseSS 1 for SB 254 - Reported Out of Committee (Appropriations) in House with 6 On Its Merits
  11. HouseSS 1 for SB 254 - Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES
  12. SS 1 for SB 254 - Signed by Governor

Roll calls

No recorded votes on this bill yet.

Sponsors

The member who introduced it, joined by 9 cosponsors: 8 Democrats, 1 Republican.

All 9 cosponsors

From Delaware's official records (legis.delaware.gov), checked Nov 1, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.