---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO RATES."
description: "This Substitute differs from Senate Bill No. 222 as follows:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "151"
identifier: "SB 222"
citation: "Delaware SB 222 (151)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bryan Townsend", "David Bentz", "Sarah McBride"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-05-19"
last_action: "2022-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c0d7583f-3c9e-4139-98be-df1d7ce39de9"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=109560"
source_hash: "92278148074d00bc318e28b9a58c1ea0b587223755aab4b54f18f2d9e4e02612"
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 222 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO RATES.

This Substitute differs from Senate Bill No. 222 as follows:

## 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=109560&legislationTypeId=6&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SS1forSB222)
2. **HA 2 to SS 1 for SB 222** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=129718&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)

## Votes

- SM — **18–1** (pass) · upper
- SM — **12–8** (pass) · upper
- SM — **28–13** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
- David Bentz — primary (person)
- Sarah McBride — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-05-19** was introduced and adopted in lieu of SB 222 `introduction`
- **2022-05-19** Passed By Senate. Votes: 12 YES 8 NO 1 NOT VOTING `passage`
- **2022-06-02** Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-08** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 2 Favorable, 7 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-14** Amendment HA 1 to SS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-06-14** Amendment HA 1 to SS 1 - Stricken in House
- **2022-06-14** Amendment HA 2 to SS 1 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2022-06-14** Passed By House. Votes: 28 YES 13 NO `passage`
- **2022-06-14** Suspension of Rules in Senate
- **2022-06-14** Passed By Senate. Votes: 18 YES 1 NO 2 ABSENT `passage`
- **2022-06-14** 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/c0d7583f-3c9e-4139-98be-df1d7ce39de9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).