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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 26 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE UNDERGROUND UTILITY AND SAFETY ACT."
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description: "The U.S. Department of Transportation has recently found Delaware to be non-compliant with enforcement of underground excavation violations. This jeopardizes federal funding for the Commissions pipeline safety program. Two principal reasons for this have been the lack of notification to State agencies and the lack of enforcement when damage is known. This bill updates Title 26, Chapter 8 by ensuring notification of excavation damage to the appropriate State agencies for potential penalties or other enforcement proceedings. It provides that either the Attorney General or the Public Service Commission may enforce penalties appropriate for the circumstances and gravity of the violation."
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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 189"
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citation: "Delaware SB 189 (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: 10
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2018-04-30"
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last_action: "2018-08-29"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/20bcefc0-18d1-4b95-9266-500e96a3d8c5"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26588"
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source_hash: "fb544765bf157bf5ff3f1338e8856f23e3e3a63102865cacef288f121ba3eb2c"
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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 189 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 26 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE UNDERGROUND UTILITY AND SAFETY ACT.
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The U.S. Department of Transportation has recently found Delaware to be non-compliant with enforcement of underground excavation violations. This jeopardizes federal funding for the Commissions pipeline safety program. Two principal reasons for this have been the lack of notification to State agencies and the lack of enforcement when damage is known. This bill updates Title 26, Chapter 8 by ensuring notification of excavation damage to the appropriate State agencies for potential penalties or other enforcement proceedings. It provides that either the Attorney General or the Public Service Commission may enforce penalties appropriate for the circumstances and gravity of the violation.
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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=26588&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB189)
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## Votes
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- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower
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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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- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
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- Debra Heffernan — cosponsor (person)
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- Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-04-30** Introduced and Assigned to Environmental, Natural Resources & Energy Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2018-06-19** Reported Out of Committee (Environmental, Natural Resources & Energy) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2018-06-19** Amendment SA 1 to SB 189 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2018-06-26** Amendment SA 2 to SB 189 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `amendment-passage`
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- **2018-06-26** Amendment SA 1 to SB 189 - Stricken in Senate
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- **2018-06-26** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2018-06-27** Assigned to Energy Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2018-06-27** Reported Out of Committee (Energy) in House with 1 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2018-07-01** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `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/20bcefc0-18d1-4b95-9266-500e96a3d8c5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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