---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 3, 7, AND 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENT."
description: "This Act seeks to update the fine structure for major commercial polluters. In addition, this Act increases the amount of penalty funds directed to communities near facilities with violations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "153"
identifier: "HB 210"
citation: "Delaware HB 210 (153)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bryan Townsend", "Bryant L. Richardson", "Cyndie Romer", "Darius J. Brown", "Dave G. Lawson", "David L. Wilson", "David P. Sokola", "Edward S. Osienski", "Eric Morrison", "Josue O Ortega", "Kerri Evelyn Harris", "Larry Lambert", "Madinah Wilson-Anton", "Mara Gorman", "Marie Pinkney", "Melanie Ross Levin", "Nicole Poore", "Ray Seigfried", "Russell Huxtable", "Sean M. Lynn", "Trey Paradee"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-06-05"
last_action: "2025-07-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/91247896-8127-49a1-87a7-7701d4fd2c81"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=142436"
source_hash: "2f8298a659353e2c627cbd55701ca629e4ee4b3db442fbfdd7e71511ae3a55b5"
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 HB 210 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 3, 7, AND 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENT.

This Act seeks to update the fine structure for major commercial polluters. In addition, this Act increases the amount of penalty funds directed to communities near facilities with violations.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **HA 1 to HB 210** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=142571&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)

## Votes

- SM — **28–12** (pass) · lower
- SM — **15–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
- Bryant L. Richardson — primary (person)
- Cyndie Romer — primary (person)
- Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
- Dave G. Lawson — primary (person)
- David L. Wilson — primary (person)
- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
- Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
- Eric Morrison — primary (person)
- Josue O Ortega — primary (person)
- Kerri Evelyn Harris — primary (person)
- Larry Lambert — primary (person)
- Madinah Wilson-Anton — primary (person)
- Mara Gorman — primary (person)
- Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
- Melanie Ross Levin — primary (person)
- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
- Ray Seigfried — primary (person)
- Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
- Sean M. Lynn — primary (person)
- Trey Paradee — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-06-05** Introduced and Assigned to Natural Resources & Energy Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-06-17** Reported Out of Committee (Natural Resources & Energy) in House with 5 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-18** Amendment HA 1 to HB 210 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-06-24** Amendment HA 1 to HB 210 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2025-06-24** Passed By House. Votes: 28 YES 12 NO 1 VACANT `passage`
- **2025-06-24** Assigned to Environment, Energy & Transportation Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-06-25** Reported Out of Committee (Environment, Energy & Transportation) in Senate with 4 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-30** Passed By Senate. Votes: 15 YES 6 NO `passage`
- **2025-07-16** 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/91247896-8127-49a1-87a7-7701d4fd2c81`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).