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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO COUNTY BUILDING CODES."
+description: "This Act requires new commercial buildings with a foundation footprint of 50,000 square feet or greater to meet certain requirements to ensure that their roof is able to support solar energy infrastructure."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
+legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
+session: "152"
+identifier: "HB 11"
+citation: "Delaware HB 11 (152)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bryan Townsend", "David L. Wilson", "David P. Sokola", "Debra Heffernan", "Edward S. Osienski", "Eric Morrison", "John \"Jack\" Walsh", "Madinah Wilson-Anton", "Nicole Poore", "Paul S. Baumbach", "Peter C. Schwartzkopf", "Russell Huxtable", "Sean Matthews", "Stell Parker Selby"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 9
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-05-02"
+last_action: "2023-08-03"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/88e68e61-f786-4473-9041-aa4e24a0edcd"
+source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=130288"
+source_hash: "85e8c7f08edd9faf99390969608f1feb41f2245e2dc9803719ffc67898e1097b"
+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 HB 11 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO COUNTY BUILDING CODES.
+
+This Act requires new commercial buildings with a foundation footprint of 50,000 square feet or greater to meet certain requirements to ensure that their roof is able to support solar energy infrastructure.
+
+## 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=130288&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB11)
+2. **HA 1 to HB 11** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=140386&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
+
+## Votes
+
+- SM — **16–4** (pass) · upper
+- SM — **24–14** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
+- David L. Wilson — primary (person)
+- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
+- Debra Heffernan — primary (person)
+- Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
+- Eric Morrison — primary (person)
+- John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
+- Madinah Wilson-Anton — primary (person)
+- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
+- Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
+- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
+- Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
+- Sean Matthews — primary (person)
+- Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-05-02** Introduced and Assigned to Natural Resources & Energy Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2023-05-12** Amendment HA 1 to HB 11 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
+- **2023-06-07** Reported Out of Committee (Natural Resources & Energy) in House with 5 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-06-13** Amendment HA 1 to HB 11 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
+- **2023-06-13** Passed By House. Votes: 24 YES 14 NO 3 ABSENT `passage`
+- **2023-06-13** Assigned to Environment, Energy & Transportation Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2023-06-21** Reported Out of Committee (Environment, Energy & Transportation) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-06-27** Passed By Senate. Votes: 16 YES 4 NO 1 ABSENT `passage`
+- **2023-08-03** 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/88e68e61-f786-4473-9041-aa4e24a0edcd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
+