---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 6 AND TITLE 26 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION AND THE REGULATION OF MOTOR VEHICLE DEALERS AND PUBLIC UTILITIES."
description: "This bill makes minor changes and technical corrections to the Public Service Commission’s (“PSC”) authority regarding motor vehicle assessments, cable and telephone regulation, and electric supplier reporting."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "150"
identifier: "SB 18"
citation: "Delaware SB 18 (150)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harris B. McDowell", "Quinton Johnson", "Trey Paradee"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-24"
last_action: "2019-04-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0c3b0e08-a487-4f04-9c3f-4b4db44c3eb8"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=37125"
source_hash: "71fc9113127485f843c5386671b5892c78e16106393de7f48e32d35bb1def1b6"
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 18 (150) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 6 AND TITLE 26 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION AND THE REGULATION OF MOTOR VEHICLE DEALERS AND PUBLIC UTILITIES.

This bill makes minor changes and technical corrections to the Public Service Commission’s (“PSC”) authority regarding motor vehicle assessments, cable and telephone regulation, and electric supplier reporting.

## 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=37125&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB18)

## Votes

- SM — **36–0** (pass) · lower
- SM — **18–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Harris B. McDowell — primary (person)
- Quinton Johnson — primary (person)
- Trey Paradee — primary (person)
- David Bentz — cosponsor (person)
- Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-24** Introduced and Assigned to Energy Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-06** Reported Out of Committee (Energy) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-21** Passed By Senate. Votes: 18 YES 3 ABSENT `passage`
- **2019-03-22** Assigned to Energy Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-27** Reported Out of Committee (Energy) in House with 6 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-28** Passed By House. Votes: 36 YES 5 ABSENT `passage`
- **2019-04-17** 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/0c3b0e08-a487-4f04-9c3f-4b4db44c3eb8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).