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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 6 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PRICE PROTECTIONS DURING THE COVID-19 RECOVERY PERIOD."
+description: "This Act ensures that the price protections for Delawareans related to price gouging put in place during the COVID-19 state of emergency do not cease immediately upon the lifting of the COVID-19 state of emergency, but instead continue for a short period of time during the COVID-19 recovery period. The COVID-19 recovery period runs until the sixty-first day following the termination of the COVID-19 state of emergency."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
+legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
+session: "150"
+identifier: "SB 253"
+citation: "Delaware SB 253 (150)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bruce C. Ennis", "John J. Viola", "Raymond Seigfried"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 7
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2020-06-20"
+last_action: "2020-07-23"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/220294f8-fd45-4248-86f1-eba112d9f769"
+source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=48165"
+source_hash: "fb5f1fdd6da3505c39d36d2e8813bb05fa30e086c39d34d52e802a061b25358c"
+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 253 (150) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 6 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PRICE PROTECTIONS DURING THE COVID-19 RECOVERY PERIOD.
+
+This Act ensures that the price protections for Delawareans related to price gouging put in place during the COVID-19 state of emergency do not cease immediately upon the lifting of the COVID-19 state of emergency, but instead continue for a short period of time during the COVID-19 recovery period. The COVID-19 recovery period runs until the sixty-first day following the termination of the COVID-19 state of emergency.
+
+## 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=48165&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB253)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 2/3 — **21–0** (pass) · upper
+- 2/3 — **41–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bruce C. Ennis — primary (person)
+- John J. Viola — primary (person)
+- Raymond Seigfried — primary (person)
+- Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
+- Darius J. Brown — cosponsor (person)
+- David B. McBride — cosponsor (person)
+- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
+- Harris B. McDowell — cosponsor (person)
+- John "Jack" Walsh — cosponsor (person)
+- Laura V. Sturgeon — cosponsor (person)
+- Nicole Poore — cosponsor (person)
+- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
+- S. Elizabeth Lockman — cosponsor (person)
+- Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
+- Trey Paradee — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-06-20** Introduced and Laid on Table in Senate `introduction`
+- **2020-06-23** Suspension of Rules in Senate
+- **2020-06-23** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
+- **2020-06-23** Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2020-06-24** Suspension of Rules in Senate
+- **2020-06-25** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
+- **2020-07-23** 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/220294f8-fd45-4248-86f1-eba112d9f769`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
+