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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 17, 26, AND 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DELAWARE ENERGY SOLUTIONS ACT OF 2024."
+description: "The Delaware Energy Solutions Act of 2024 authorizes processes necessary to help meet the net zero goals of the Climate Change Solutions Act of 2023. The bill facilitates a transition to carbon-free energy sources by (i) preparing for offshore wind to be a significant element of Delaware’s energy future, if cost is competitive with other potential sources, and (ii) increasing options for interconnecting renewable energy resources to the transmission grid."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
+legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
+session: "152"
+identifier: "SB 265"
+citation: "Delaware SB 265 (152)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bryan Townsend", "Cyndie Romer", "David L. Wilson", "Edward S. Osienski", "Eric Morrison", "John \"Jack\" Walsh", "Kendra Johnson", "Kerri Evelyn Harris", "Madinah Wilson-Anton", "Nicole Poore", "Paul S. Baumbach", "Peter C. Schwartzkopf", "Russell Huxtable", "Sarah McBride", "Spiros Mantzavinos", "Stephanie L. Hansen", "William Bush"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2024-04-18"
+last_action: "2024-09-05"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/80bbe6c9-d561-4f71-ac44-a00d826363ee"
+source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141232"
+source_hash: "6cfba479c6d018fc4510df4b051d1e8eb7bdaeaf4bc806ff52268def41a9e246"
+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 265 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 17, 26, AND 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DELAWARE ENERGY SOLUTIONS ACT OF 2024.
+
+The Delaware Energy Solutions Act of 2024 authorizes processes necessary to help meet the net zero goals of the Climate Change Solutions Act of 2023. The bill facilitates a transition to carbon-free energy sources by (i) preparing for offshore wind to be a significant element of Delaware’s energy future, if cost is competitive with other potential sources, and (ii) increasing options for interconnecting renewable energy resources to the transmission grid.
+
+## 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=141232&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB265)
+2. **SA 1 to SB 265** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=141456&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
+3. **SA 2 to SB 265** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=141479&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
+
+## Votes
+
+- SM — **15–6** (pass) · upper
+- SM — **25–15** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
+- Cyndie Romer — primary (person)
+- David L. Wilson — primary (person)
+- Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
+- Eric Morrison — primary (person)
+- John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
+- Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
+- Kerri Evelyn Harris — 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)
+- Sarah McBride — primary (person)
+- Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
+- Stephanie L. Hansen — primary (person)
+- William Bush — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-04-18** Introduced and Assigned to Environment, Energy & Transportation Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2024-04-24** Reported Out of Committee (Environment, Energy & Transportation) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-04-24** Assigned to Finance Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2024-05-07** Reported Out of Committee (Finance) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-05-22** Amendment SA 1 to SB 265 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
+- **2024-05-23** Amendment SA 1 to SB 265 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 15 YES 6 NO `amendment-passage`
+- **2024-05-23** Amendment SA 2 to SB 265 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 15 YES 6 NO `amendment-passage`
+- **2024-05-23** Passed By Senate. Votes: 15 YES 6 NO `passage`
+- **2024-06-06** Assigned to Natural Resources & Energy Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2024-06-11** Reported Out of Committee (Natural Resources & Energy) in House with 5 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-06-12** Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2024-06-20** Reported Out of Committee (Appropriations) in House with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
+- **2024-06-30** Passed By House. Votes: 25 YES 15 NO 1 ABSENT `passage`
+- **2024-09-05** 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/80bbe6c9-d561-4f71-ac44-a00d826363ee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
+