---
type: "Bill"
title: "RECOGNIZING THE UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE'S CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ANALYSIS AS THE OFFICIAL REPOSITORY OF HISTORICAL AND REAL-TIME WEATHER AND CLIMATOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS FOR THE STATE OF DELAWARE."
description: "This Joint Resolution recognizes the University of Delaware's Center for Environmental Monitoring and Analysis as the official repository of historical and real-time weather and climatological observations for the State of Delaware."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "150"
identifier: "HJR 5"
citation: "Delaware HJR 5 (150)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Debra Heffernan", "Stephanie L. Hansen"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-06-10"
last_action: "2019-07-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f1917444-f0bd-407a-9e4b-229d44e882bf"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=47639"
source_hash: "efb9cb8f105d8e969a94995336a6951cf267aee3c2d4fa2c89b8a5dfc4d3055d"
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 HJR 5 (150) — RECOGNIZING THE UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE'S CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ANALYSIS AS THE OFFICIAL REPOSITORY OF HISTORICAL AND REAL-TIME WEATHER AND CLIMATOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS FOR THE STATE OF DELAWARE.

This Joint Resolution recognizes the University of Delaware's Center for Environmental Monitoring and Analysis as the official repository of historical and real-time weather and climatological observations for the State of Delaware.

## 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=47639&legislationTypeId=4&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HJR5)

## Votes

- SM — **20–1** (pass) · upper
- 3/5 — **41–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Debra Heffernan — primary (person)
- Stephanie L. Hansen — primary (person)
- Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
- David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
- Ernesto B Lopez — cosponsor (person)
- Gerald W. Hocker — cosponsor (person)
- John J. Viola — cosponsor (person)
- John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
- Laura V. Sturgeon — cosponsor (person)
- Michael F. Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-10** Introduced and Assigned to Natural Resources Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-06-12** Reported Out of Committee (Natural Resources) in House with 1 Favorable, 6 On Its Merits `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-06-20** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
- **2019-06-21** Assigned to Environmental & Natural Resources Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-06-26** Reported Out of Committee (Environmental & Natural Resources) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2019-06-27** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 NO `passage`
- **2019-07-17** 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/f1917444-f0bd-407a-9e4b-229d44e882bf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).