---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 26 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND VOTING BY MEMBERS OF THE PJM INTERCONNECTION REGIONAL TRANSMISSION ORGANIZATION."
description: "This bill requires disclosure of votes cast at meetings of, or matters before, the PJM Interconnection Regional Transmission Organization."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "153"
identifier: "SB 61"
citation: "Delaware SB 61 (153)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian Pettyjohn", "Bryan Townsend", "Bryant L. Richardson", "Claire Snyder-Hall", "David L. Wilson", "Eric Morrison", "Josue O Ortega", "Kerri Evelyn Harris", "Laura V. Sturgeon", "Mara Gorman", "Marie Pinkney", "Nicole Poore", "Ray Seigfried", "Russell Huxtable", "Spiros Mantzavinos", "Stephanie L. Hansen", "William Bush", "William J. Carson"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-02-21"
last_action: "2025-07-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b620a9db-23c0-4459-ac9e-1d7274230983"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141865"
source_hash: "7f745078c149a534ec4d5fdee26131cb5f899dcb0d748a1306b771ed7e5bf001"
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 61 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 26 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND VOTING BY MEMBERS OF THE PJM INTERCONNECTION REGIONAL TRANSMISSION ORGANIZATION.

This bill requires disclosure of votes cast at meetings of, or matters before, the PJM Interconnection Regional Transmission Organization.

## Version chain

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

1. **HA 1 to SB 61** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=142657&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
2. **SA 1 to SB 61** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=141970&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)

## Votes

- SM — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- SM — **39–0** (pass) · lower
- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
- Bryant L. Richardson — primary (person)
- Claire Snyder-Hall — primary (person)
- David L. Wilson — primary (person)
- Eric Morrison — primary (person)
- Josue O Ortega — primary (person)
- Kerri Evelyn Harris — primary (person)
- Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
- Mara Gorman — primary (person)
- Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
- Ray Seigfried — primary (person)
- Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
- Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
- Stephanie L. Hansen — primary (person)
- William Bush — primary (person)
- William J. Carson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-21** Introduced and Assigned to Environment, Energy & Transportation Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-12** Reported Out of Committee (Environment, Energy & Transportation) in Senate with 4 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-19** Amendment SA 1 to SB 61 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-03-20** Amendment SA 1 to SB 61 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT `amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-20** Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT `passage`
- **2025-03-25** Assigned to Natural Resources & Energy Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-07** Reported Out of Committee (Natural Resources & Energy) in House with 1 Favorable, 10 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-30** Amendment HA 1 to SB 61 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-06-30** Amendment HA 1 to SB 61 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2025-06-30** Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 1 ABSENT 1 VACANT `passage`
- **2025-07-01** Suspension of Rules in Senate
- **2025-07-01** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `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/b620a9db-23c0-4459-ac9e-1d7274230983`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).