---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 26 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION."
description: "This is an omnibus bill that updates several aspects of the Delaware Public Utility Code, Title 26, including the following: (a) Expanding the public notice options for the Public Service Commission in order to reduce costs, increase transparency, and raise public awareness of Commission proceedings; (b) Amending the statute which sets the salary of Commissioners to provide for a salary as appropriated in the annual State Operating Budget; (c) Increasing the utility assessment rate; and (d) Eliminating references to the Water Supply Coordinating Council, which reached its sunset date of January 31, 2022."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "152"
identifier: "SB 56"
citation: "Delaware SB 56 (152)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian Pettyjohn", "Darius J. Brown", "David L. Wilson", "Edward S. Osienski", "Eric Morrison", "Laura V. Sturgeon", "Paul S. Baumbach", "Peter C. Schwartzkopf", "Russell Huxtable", "Sarah McBride", "Stephanie L. Hansen"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 10
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-03-01"
last_action: "2023-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/259999c6-d15a-43f3-896d-f362e739333d"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=130031"
source_hash: "db04438830023a38f069f61bd45f0bcd076f035f3e125ba3d88b3dd08be5c2aa"
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 56 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 26 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION.

This is an omnibus bill that updates several aspects of the Delaware Public Utility Code, Title 26, including the following: (a) Expanding the public notice options for the Public Service Commission in order to reduce costs, increase transparency, and raise public awareness of Commission proceedings; (b) Amending the statute which sets the salary of Commissioners to provide for a salary as appropriated in the annual State Operating Budget; (c) Increasing the utility assessment rate; and (d) Eliminating references to the Water Supply Coordinating Council, which reached its sunset date of January 31, 2022.

## 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=130031&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB56)
2. **HA 1 to SB 56** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=140520&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)

## Votes

- SM — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- 3/5 — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
- Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
- David L. Wilson — primary (person)
- Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
- Eric Morrison — primary (person)
- Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
- Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
- Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
- Sarah McBride — primary (person)
- Stephanie L. Hansen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-01** Introduced and Assigned to Environment, Energy & Transportation Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-08** Reported Out of Committee (Environment, Energy & Transportation) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 7 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-09** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2023-03-10** Assigned to Natural Resources & Energy Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-02** Reported Out of Committee (Natural Resources & Energy) in House with 7 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-06** Amendment HA 1 to SB 56 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-06-06** Amendment HA 1 to SB 56 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-06** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2023-06-14** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2023-06-29** 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/259999c6-d15a-43f3-896d-f362e739333d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).