An Act to Amend Titles 10 and 16 of the Delaware Code Relating to Immunity from Liability for Donated Food.
It became law on Sep 17, 2021.
- Stage
- Became law
- Started in
- House
- Sponsors
- 23
- Latest action
- Sep 17, 2021
What it does
Subchapter III, Chapter 68, Title 16 of the Delaware Code (“Subchapter III”) was originally enacted in 1982. In 1996, President Clinton signed the Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1791 (“Bill Emerson Act”). The Bill Emerson Act preempts Subchapter III to the extent of any conflict, known as “partial preemption”.\r This Act makes Subchapter III consistent with the Bill Emerson Act by protecting a “gleaner” from civil or criminal liability as it relates to their donation of the gleaned food.\r Since the Bill Emerson Act only partially preempts state law on this subject, the State is free to provide greater protection than the Bill Emerson Act. Therefore, this Act…
Where it stands
This bill passed and is now law.
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Who is involved
Sponsors
The lawmakers who put their names on it, lead sponsors first.
- Andria L. Bennett
- Brian Pettyjohn
- Gerald L. Brady
- Jeff Spiegelman
- Larry Lambert
- Stephanie Hansen
- Bruce C. Ennis
- Danny Short
- Dave Sokola
- Dave Wilson
- Ed Osienski
- Ernesto B. Lopez
- Kim Williams
- Laura Sturgeon
- Lyndon Yearick
- Melissa Minor-Brown
- Mike Ramone
- Mike Smith
- Rich Collins
- Ruth Briggs King
- Sherry Dorsey Walker
- Trey Paradee
- Val Longhurst
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Where it goes next
Once a bill is decided, the questions are about what is done with it in Delaware.