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Bill AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO A DELAWARE VOLUNTARY CLEAN ENERGY FINANCING PROGRAM THROUGH LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSESSMENTS. This bill authorizes the creation of a Delaware Voluntary Property Assessed Clean Energy (D-PACE) program to establish a clean energy financing program for the installation of energy efficiency technologies and clean energy systems for qualifying commercial real properties statewide. PACE programs are authorized in more than 30 states nationwide. The financing will be secured by and payable from a voluntary assessment imposed on the property benefited by the qualifying energy improvement. The bill calls upon the Sustainable Energy Utility (SEU) to administer the program and establish a statewide financing program to aid counties in expanding clean energy projects in their jurisdictions. Projects under D-PACE can be financed through the SEU or other participating financial institutions. us/states/de Delaware General Assembly 149 SB 113 Delaware SB 113 (149)
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Delaware SB 113 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO A DELAWARE VOLUNTARY CLEAN ENERGY FINANCING PROGRAM THROUGH LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSESSMENTS.

This bill authorizes the creation of a Delaware Voluntary Property Assessed Clean Energy (D-PACE) program to establish a clean energy financing program for the installation of energy efficiency technologies and clean energy systems for qualifying commercial real properties statewide. PACE programs are authorized in more than 30 states nationwide. The financing will be secured by and payable from a voluntary assessment imposed on the property benefited by the qualifying energy improvement. The bill calls upon the Sustainable Energy Utility (SEU) to administer the program and establish a statewide financing program to aid counties in expanding clean energy projects in their jurisdictions. Projects under D-PACE can be financed through the SEU or other participating financial institutions.

Version chain

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

  1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • SM — 319 (pass) · lower
  • SM — 156 (pass) · upper
  • SM — 86 (fail) · upper

Sponsors

  • Harris B. McDowell — primary (person)
  • Trey Charles Paradee — primary (person)
  • Andria L. Bennett — cosponsor (person)
  • Brian J. Bushweller — cosponsor (person)
  • Debra Heffernan — cosponsor (person)
  • Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
  • Jeff N. Spiegelman — cosponsor (person)
  • John J. Viola — cosponsor (person)
  • John Walsh — cosponsor (person)
  • Michael Mulrooney — cosponsor (person)
  • Sean M. Lynn — cosponsor (person)
  • Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2017-06-08 Introduced and Assigned to Finance Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
  • 2017-06-09 ReAssigned to Environmental, Natural Resources & Energy Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
  • 2017-06-14 Reported Out of Committee (Environmental, Natural Resources & Energy) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits committee-passage
  • 2017-06-15 Defeated By Senate. Votes: 8 YES 6 NO 3 NOT VOTING 4 ABSENT failure
  • 2017-06-27 Amendment SA 1 to SB 113 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
  • 2017-06-27 Reconsidered in Senate
  • 2017-06-27 Roll Call Rescinded in Senate
  • 2017-06-27 Laid On Table in Senate
  • 2018-01-23 Lifted From Table in Senate
  • 2018-01-23 Amendment SA 1 to SB 113 - Laid On Table in Senate amendment-deferral
  • 2018-01-23 Laid On Table in Senate
  • 2018-01-24 Amendment SA 2 to SB 113 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
  • 2018-01-24 Amendment SA 3 to SB 113 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
  • 2018-01-25 Lifted From Table in Senate
  • 2018-01-25 Amendment SA 1 to SB 113 - Lifted From Table in Senate
  • 2018-01-25 Amendment SA 1 to SB 113 - Laid On Table in Senate amendment-deferral
  • 2018-01-25 Laid On Table in Senate
  • 2018-04-26 Lifted From Table in Senate
  • 2018-04-26 Amendment SA 1 to SB 113 - Lifted From Table in Senate
  • 2018-04-26 Laid On Table in Senate
  • 2018-04-26 Amendment SA 1 to SB 113 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 11 YES 10 NO amendment-passage
  • 2018-06-05 Lifted From Table in Senate
  • 2018-06-05 Amendment SA 2 to SB 113 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES amendment-passage
  • 2018-06-05 Amendment SA 3 to SB 113 - Stricken in Senate
  • 2018-06-05 Amendment SA 4 to SB 113 - Laid On Table in Senate amendment-deferral
  • 2018-06-05 Amendment SA 5 to SB 113 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 15 YES 5 NO 1 ABSENT amendment-passage
  • 2018-06-05 Amendment SA 4 to SB 113 - Lifted From Table in Senate
  • 2018-06-05 Amendment SA 4 to SB 113 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT amendment-passage
  • 2018-06-05 Amendment SA 7 to SB 113 - Defeated By Senate. Votes: 10 YES 11 NO amendment-failure
  • 2018-06-05 Passed By Senate. Votes: 15 YES 6 NO passage
  • 2018-06-06 Assigned to Energy Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
  • 2018-06-13 Reported Out of Committee (Energy) in House with 1 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits, 1 Unfavorable committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, committee-passage-unfavorable
  • 2018-06-28 Passed By House. Votes: 31 YES 9 NO passage
  • 2018-08-29 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9b910d9b-3f35-42a9-8b74-cf0ae94e58b7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).