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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DIVISION OF THE PUBLIC ADVOCATE."
+description: "This Act clarifies that the Public Advocate may appear before any federal or State court or federal or State administrative body in matters involving public utility rates, services, and practices of public utilities. This Act also makes technical corrections to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
+legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
+session: "150"
+identifier: "SB 14"
+citation: "Delaware SB 14 (150)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Harris B. McDowell", "John A. Kowalko"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 7
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2019-06-04"
+last_action: "2019-07-23"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6a94d8b4-23b6-4ef7-93b6-2736cb4679fb"
+source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=47526"
+source_hash: "80b4869e79a80463c29265ce26a7dd6ee2a821138f5a92c554e394530ef23c90"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
+---
+
+# Delaware SB 14 (150) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DIVISION OF THE PUBLIC ADVOCATE.
+
+This Act clarifies that the Public Advocate may appear before any federal or State court or federal or State administrative body in matters involving public utility rates, services, and practices of public utilities. This Act also makes technical corrections to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=47526&legislationTypeId=6&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SS1)
+
+## Votes
+
+- SM — **41–0** (pass) · lower
+- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Harris B. McDowell — primary (person)
+- John A. Kowalko — primary (person)
+- David Bentz — cosponsor (person)
+- Quinton Johnson — cosponsor (person)
+- Trey Paradee — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-06-04** was introduced and adopted in lieu of SB 24 `introduction`
+- **2019-06-06** Reported Out of Committee (Elections, Govt. & Community Affairs) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
+- **2019-06-06** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
+- **2019-06-07** Assigned to Energy Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2019-06-25** Reported Out of Committee (Energy) in House with 6 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
+- **2019-06-30** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
+- **2019-07-23** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6a94d8b4-23b6-4ef7-93b6-2736cb4679fb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
+