republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/149/sb-200.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 7 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO OFFSHORE DRILLING AND THE COASTAL ZONE.	This Act prohibits drilling for oil or natural gas in Delaware’s coastal zone and territorial waters and precludes DNREC from issuing any permits in connection with the development of offshore drilling infrastructure, whether proposed for Delaware territorial waters or waters outside of the State.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	149	SB 200	Delaware SB 200 (149)	bill		enacted	Ernesto B Lopez Paul S. Baumbach Peter C. Schwartzkopf Stephanie L. Hansen	1	7	2	2018-05-08	2018-09-20	openstates	ocd-bill/744a58c2-55c1-4886-8573-2f113284a12b	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26637	16f0915c5185ba207442e5d55cd148f361c79baa047c0219f27d4ac9c42facb3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware SB 200 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 7 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO OFFSHORE DRILLING AND THE COASTAL ZONE.

This Act prohibits drilling for oil or natural gas in Delaware’s coastal zone and territorial waters and precludes DNREC from issuing any permits in connection with the development of offshore drilling infrastructure, whether proposed for Delaware territorial waters or waters outside of the State.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 38–1 (pass) · lower
• SM — 16–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Ernesto B Lopez — primary (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
• Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
• Stephanie L. Hansen — primary (person)
• Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
• Bryon H. Short — cosponsor (person)
• David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
• Deborah Hudson — cosponsor (person)
• Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
• Gerald W. Hocker — cosponsor (person)
• Gregory F. Lavelle — cosponsor (person)
• Helene M. Keeley — cosponsor (person)
• John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
• Ronald E. Gray — cosponsor (person)
• Sean M. Lynn — cosponsor (person)
• Trey Charles Paradee — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-05-08 Introduced and Assigned to Environmental, Natural Resources & Energy Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2018-06-20 Reported Out of Committee (Environmental, Natural Resources & Energy) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2018-06-21 Passed By Senate. Votes: 16 YES 1 NO 4 ABSENT passage
• 2018-06-22 Assigned to Natural Resources Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2018-06-26 Reported Out of Committee (Natural Resources) in House with 1 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2018-07-01 Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 1 NO 1 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT passage
• 2018-09-20 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/744a58c2-55c1-4886-8573-2f113284a12b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).