SB 254 DE

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This Act creates the Delaware Grocery Initiative. The Delaware Grocery Initiative is a healthy foods initiative that seeks to provide financial assistance to eligible food resources as designated by the bill. The Act defines food deserts and eligibility requirements for the initiative. The Act authorizes the Division of Small Business to implement the grant and financial support system. This substitute bill does the following: 1. Adds the following terms in the definition section of the Act: Council, food resource, Healthy Foods Retail Initiative, Program, and specialty grocer. 2. Modifies the definition of food desert. 3. Removes terms of grocery store, rural tract, and urban tract in lieu of the new definitions of food resource and food desert. 4. Designates the Division of Small Business, instead of the Office of State Planning, as theagency authorized to implement the Delaware Grocery Initiative and authorizes the Division of Small Business to adopt rules. 5. Replaces the grocery and food desert study with a food access strategy. 6. Subject to appropriation, creates a food access strategy to address food insecurity and requires submission of a report to the General Assembly and the Governor by June 1, 2025.

• Darius J. Brown Democratic · primary
• Peter C. Schwartzkopf · primary
• Bryan Townsend Democratic · primary
• Paul S. Baumbach · primary
• Marie Pinkney Democratic · primary
• Franklin D. Cooke Democratic · primary
• Kendra Johnson Democratic · primary
• Sean Matthews · primary
• Stell Parker Selby · primary
• Russell Huxtable Democratic · primary
• Valerie Longhurst · primary
• S. Elizabeth Lockman Democratic · primary
• Spiros Mantzavinos Democratic · primary
• Trey Paradee Democratic · primary
• Brian Pettyjohn Republican · primary
• Nicole Poore Democratic · primary
• Bryant L. Richardson Republican · primary
• David P. Sokola Democratic · primary
• Laura V. Sturgeon Democratic · primary
• John "Jack" Walsh Democratic · primary
• David L. Wilson Republican · primary
• Cyndie Romer Democratic · primary
• Sarah McBride · primary

1. Jun 6, 2024 Adopted in lieu of the original bill SB 254, and Assigned to Finance Committee in Senate · upper
2. Jun 11, 2024 Reported Out of Committee (Finance) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits · upper
3. Jun 11, 2024 Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT · upper
4. Jun 12, 2024 Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House · lower
5. Jun 18, 2024 Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 9 On Its Merits · lower
6. Jun 20, 2024 Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House · lower
7. Jun 25, 2024 Reported Out of Committee (Appropriations) in House with 6 On Its Merits · lower
8. Jun 27, 2024 Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES · lower
9. Aug 29, 2024 Signed by Governor · executive