---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 22 AND 26 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE TERMINATION OF UTILITY SERVICES."
description: "This Act updates the law relating to the termination of utility services to a dwelling unit by adopting and expanding state regulations concerning the termination of heating and cooling services. Among other things, this Act does the following:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "153"
identifier: "HB 62"
citation: "Delaware HB 62 (153)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bryan Townsend", "Bryant L. Richardson", "Claire Snyder-Hall", "Cyndie Romer", "Dave G. Lawson", "David L. Wilson", "David P. Sokola", "Edward S. Osienski", "Eric Morrison", "John \"Jack\" Walsh", "Josue O Ortega", "Kerri Evelyn Harris", "Madinah Wilson-Anton", "Mara Gorman", "Marie Pinkney", "Melanie Ross Levin", "Ray Seigfried", "Russell Huxtable", "Spiros Mantzavinos", "Trey Paradee", "William Bush"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-03-20"
last_action: "2025-05-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0d05f4b4-9817-4e56-875a-a4dc6764de87"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141977"
source_hash: "5dd1501e3ecbaf0dfcc6b3bd1d8a90ba71db5630616ffa4f0483ce1f907dd912"
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 62 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 22 AND 26 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE TERMINATION OF UTILITY SERVICES.

This Act updates the law relating to the termination of utility services to a dwelling unit by adopting and expanding state regulations concerning the termination of heating and cooling services. Among other things, this Act does the following:

## Version chain

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

1. **HA 1 to HS 1 for HB 62** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=142077&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)

## Votes

- SM — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- SM — **28–12** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
- Bryant L. Richardson — primary (person)
- Claire Snyder-Hall — primary (person)
- Cyndie Romer — 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)
- John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
- Josue O Ortega — primary (person)
- Kerri Evelyn Harris — primary (person)
- Madinah Wilson-Anton — primary (person)
- Mara Gorman — primary (person)
- Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
- Melanie Ross Levin — primary (person)
- Ray Seigfried — primary (person)
- Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
- Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
- Trey Paradee — primary (person)
- William Bush — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-20** Adopted in lieu of the original bill HB 62, and Assigned to Natural Resources & Energy Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-26** Reported Out of Committee (Natural Resources & Energy) in House with 10 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-08** Amendment HA 1 to HS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-04-08** Amendment HA 1 to HS 1 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-08** Passed By House. Votes: 28 YES 12 NO 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2025-04-08** Assigned to Environment, Energy & Transportation Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-14** Reported Out of Committee (Environment, Energy & Transportation) in Senate with 4 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-20** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2025-05-22** 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/0d05f4b4-9817-4e56-875a-a4dc6764de87`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).