---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 26 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES."
description: "This Act removes the sunset provision under § 315 of Title 26, relating to the electrical and natural gas utility distribution system improvement charge. By doing so, the Act leaves the current version of § 315 in effect."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "152"
identifier: "SB 264"
citation: "Delaware SB 264 (152)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Russell Huxtable", "Trey Paradee", "Valerie Longhurst"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-04-11"
last_action: "2024-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/90c6d80c-94d5-48e9-b18c-94e9c17b36b3"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141178"
source_hash: "bd6450e141f8f1fa5d455d9e8c7992a3756b62b0ccf94ce3dabebe36438eafa0"
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 264 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 26 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES.

This Act removes the sunset provision under § 315 of Title 26, relating to the electrical and natural gas utility distribution system improvement charge. By doing so, the Act leaves the current version of § 315 in effect.

## 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=141178&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB264)

## Votes

- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower
- SM — **19–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
- Trey Paradee — primary (person)
- Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-04-11** Introduced and Assigned to Environment, Energy & Transportation Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-24** Reported Out of Committee (Environment, Energy & Transportation) in Senate with 6 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2024-05-07** Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT `passage`
- **2024-05-08** Assigned to Natural Resources & Energy Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-14** Reported Out of Committee (Natural Resources & Energy) in House with 8 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2024-05-21** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2024-06-20** 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/90c6d80c-94d5-48e9-b18c-94e9c17b36b3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).