---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 7 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PERMITS."
description: "This Act permits the Secretary of the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control to renew or extend the term of a construction permit under certain circumstances."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "149"
identifier: "HB 443"
citation: "Delaware HB 443 (149)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gerald L. Brady", "Michael Mulrooney", "Nicole Poore"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-06-06"
last_action: "2018-06-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/035ed667-c203-43cf-8de5-f1a1c5ddfa8c"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26770"
source_hash: "08041b1398ccfc03514689569bbe9a46c5992ad954d69a3be69dc4d7651fe588"
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 443 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 7 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PERMITS.

This Act permits the Secretary of the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control to renew or extend the term of a construction permit under certain circumstances.

## 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=26770&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB443)

## Votes

- SM — **38–0** (pass) · lower
- SM — **19–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gerald L. Brady — primary (person)
- Michael Mulrooney — primary (person)
- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
- Bryon H. Short — cosponsor (person)
- Earl G. Jaques Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
- John J. Viola — cosponsor (person)
- John Walsh — cosponsor (person)
- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-06-06** Introduced and Assigned to Natural Resources Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-06-07** Re-Assigned to Labor Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-06-13** Amendment HA 1 to HB 443 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-06-13** Reported Out of Committee (Labor) in House with 4 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-06-14** Amendment HA 1 to HB 443 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2018-06-14** Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 3 ABSENT `passage`
- **2018-06-14** Assigned to Environmental, Natural Resources & Energy Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-06-21** Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT `passage`
- **2018-06-21** 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/035ed667-c203-43cf-8de5-f1a1c5ddfa8c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).