---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTION DEVICES."
description: "This Act creates a requirement that lodging establishments with an appliance that emits carbon monoxide or an attached garage have working carbon monoxide detection devices in each dwelling or sleeping unit."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "149"
identifier: "SB 91"
citation: "Delaware SB 91 (149)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Bentz", "David P. Sokola"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-05-01"
last_action: "2018-07-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/889e4e63-a722-458d-8816-156b6b56b755"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26592"
source_hash: "4ac7017b63d39b3a24a50e8df00c4e99d5faa288753aca4d8824f222933bc2f3"
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 91 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTION DEVICES.

This Act creates a requirement that lodging establishments with an appliance that emits carbon monoxide or an attached garage have working carbon monoxide detection devices in each dwelling or sleeping unit.

## 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=26592&legislationTypeId=6&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SS1)

## Votes

- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- SM — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- SM — **39–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- David Bentz — primary (person)
- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
- John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
- John J. Viola — cosponsor (person)
- John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
- John Walsh — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-05-01** was introduced and adopted in lieu of SB 91 `introduction`
- **2018-05-01** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 NOT VOTING `passage`
- **2018-05-02** Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-05-09** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 8 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2018-06-22** Amendment HA 1 to SS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-06-28** Amendment HA 1 to SS 1 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2018-06-28** Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT `passage`
- **2018-07-01** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2018-07-23** 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/889e4e63-a722-458d-8816-156b6b56b755`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).