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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO A DELAWARE VOLUNTARY CLEAN ENERGY FINANCING PROGRAM THROUGH LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSESSMENTS."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "149"
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identifier: "SB 113"
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citation: "Delaware SB 113 (149)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Harris B. McDowell", "Trey Charles Paradee"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 34
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2017-06-08"
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last_action: "2018-08-29"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9b910d9b-3f35-42a9-8b74-cf0ae94e58b7"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25929"
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source_hash: "b9fed6f43546e8c55269ea54263740742218cb8dab2bdff0178d313c16ffdebd"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
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---
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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.
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=25929&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB113)
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## Votes
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- SM — **31–9** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **15–6** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **8–6** (fail) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Harris B. McDowell — primary (person)
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- Trey Charles Paradee — primary (person)
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- Andria L. Bennett — cosponsor (person)
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- Brian J. Bushweller — cosponsor (person)
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- Debra Heffernan — cosponsor (person)
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- Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
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- Jeff N. Spiegelman — cosponsor (person)
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- John J. Viola — cosponsor (person)
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- John Walsh — cosponsor (person)
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- Michael Mulrooney — cosponsor (person)
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- Sean M. Lynn — cosponsor (person)
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- Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-06-08** Introduced and Assigned to Finance Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2017-06-09** ReAssigned to Environmental, Natural Resources & Energy Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2017-06-14** Reported Out of Committee (Environmental, Natural Resources & Energy) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2017-06-15** Defeated By Senate. Votes: 8 YES 6 NO 3 NOT VOTING 4 ABSENT `failure`
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- **2017-06-27** Amendment SA 1 to SB 113 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2017-06-27** Reconsidered in Senate
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- **2017-06-27** Roll Call Rescinded in Senate
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- **2017-06-27** Laid On Table in Senate
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- **2018-01-23** Lifted From Table in Senate
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- **2018-01-23** Amendment SA 1 to SB 113 - Laid On Table in Senate `amendment-deferral`
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- **2018-01-23** Laid On Table in Senate
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- **2018-01-24** Amendment SA 2 to SB 113 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2018-01-24** Amendment SA 3 to SB 113 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2018-01-25** Lifted From Table in Senate
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- **2018-01-25** Amendment SA 1 to SB 113 - Lifted From Table in Senate
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- **2018-01-25** Amendment SA 1 to SB 113 - Laid On Table in Senate `amendment-deferral`
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- **2018-01-25** Laid On Table in Senate
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- **2018-04-26** Lifted From Table in Senate
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- **2018-04-26** Amendment SA 1 to SB 113 - Lifted From Table in Senate
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- **2018-04-26** Laid On Table in Senate
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- **2018-04-26** Amendment SA 1 to SB 113 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 11 YES 10 NO `amendment-passage`
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- **2018-06-05** Lifted From Table in Senate
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- **2018-06-05** Amendment SA 2 to SB 113 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `amendment-passage`
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- **2018-06-05** Amendment SA 3 to SB 113 - Stricken in Senate
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- **2018-06-05** Amendment SA 4 to SB 113 - Laid On Table in Senate `amendment-deferral`
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- **2018-06-05** Amendment SA 5 to SB 113 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 15 YES 5 NO 1 ABSENT `amendment-passage`
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- **2018-06-05** Amendment SA 4 to SB 113 - Lifted From Table in Senate
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- **2018-06-05** Amendment SA 4 to SB 113 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `amendment-passage`
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- **2018-06-05** Amendment SA 7 to SB 113 - Defeated By Senate. Votes: 10 YES 11 NO `amendment-failure`
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- **2018-06-05** Passed By Senate. Votes: 15 YES 6 NO `passage`
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- **2018-06-06** Assigned to Energy Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **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`
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- **2018-06-28** Passed By House. Votes: 31 YES 9 NO `passage`
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- **2018-08-29** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9b910d9b-3f35-42a9-8b74-cf0ae94e58b7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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