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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 3, 7, AND 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENT."
+description: "This Act seeks to update the fine structure for major commercial polluters. In addition, this Act increases the amount of penalty funds directed to communities near facilities with violations."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
+legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
+session: "153"
+identifier: "HB 210"
+citation: "Delaware HB 210 (153)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bryan Townsend", "Bryant L. Richardson", "Cyndie Romer", "Darius J. Brown", "Dave G. Lawson", "David L. Wilson", "David P. Sokola", "Edward S. Osienski", "Eric Morrison", "Josue O Ortega", "Kerri Evelyn Harris", "Larry Lambert", "Madinah Wilson-Anton", "Mara Gorman", "Marie Pinkney", "Melanie Ross Levin", "Nicole Poore", "Ray Seigfried", "Russell Huxtable", "Sean M. Lynn", "Trey Paradee"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 9
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-06-05"
+last_action: "2025-07-16"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/91247896-8127-49a1-87a7-7701d4fd2c81"
+source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=142436"
+source_hash: "2f8298a659353e2c627cbd55701ca629e4ee4b3db442fbfdd7e71511ae3a55b5"
+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 210 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 3, 7, AND 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENT.
+
+This Act seeks to update the fine structure for major commercial polluters. In addition, this Act increases the amount of penalty funds directed to communities near facilities with violations.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **HA 1 to HB 210** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=142571&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
+
+## Votes
+
+- SM — **28–12** (pass) · lower
+- SM — **15–6** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
+- Bryant L. Richardson — primary (person)
+- Cyndie Romer — primary (person)
+- Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
+- Dave G. Lawson — primary (person)
+- David L. Wilson — primary (person)
+- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
+- Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
+- Eric Morrison — primary (person)
+- Josue O Ortega — primary (person)
+- Kerri Evelyn Harris — primary (person)
+- Larry Lambert — primary (person)
+- Madinah Wilson-Anton — primary (person)
+- Mara Gorman — primary (person)
+- Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
+- Melanie Ross Levin — primary (person)
+- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
+- Ray Seigfried — primary (person)
+- Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
+- Sean M. Lynn — primary (person)
+- Trey Paradee — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-06-05** Introduced and Assigned to Natural Resources & Energy Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-17** Reported Out of Committee (Natural Resources & Energy) in House with 5 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-06-18** Amendment HA 1 to HB 210 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
+- **2025-06-24** Amendment HA 1 to HB 210 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-06-24** Passed By House. Votes: 28 YES 12 NO 1 VACANT `passage`
+- **2025-06-24** Assigned to Environment, Energy & Transportation Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-25** Reported Out of Committee (Environment, Energy & Transportation) in Senate with 4 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-06-30** Passed By Senate. Votes: 15 YES 6 NO `passage`
+- **2025-07-16** 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/91247896-8127-49a1-87a7-7701d4fd2c81`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
+