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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 7 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO OFFSHORE DRILLING AND THE COASTAL ZONE."
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description: "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."
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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 200"
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citation: "Delaware SB 200 (149)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Ernesto B Lopez", "Paul S. Baumbach", "Peter C. Schwartzkopf", "Stephanie L. Hansen"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 7
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2018-05-08"
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last_action: "2018-09-20"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/744a58c2-55c1-4886-8573-2f113284a12b"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26637"
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source_hash: "16f0915c5185ba207442e5d55cd148f361c79baa047c0219f27d4ac9c42facb3"
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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 200 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 7 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO OFFSHORE DRILLING AND THE COASTAL ZONE.
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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.
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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=26637&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB200)
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## Votes
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- SM — **38–1** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **16–1** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Ernesto B Lopez — primary (person)
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- Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
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- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
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- Stephanie L. Hansen — primary (person)
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- Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
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- Bryon H. Short — cosponsor (person)
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- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
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- Deborah Hudson — cosponsor (person)
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- Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
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- Gerald W. Hocker — cosponsor (person)
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- Gregory F. Lavelle — cosponsor (person)
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- Helene M. Keeley — cosponsor (person)
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- John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
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- Ronald E. Gray — cosponsor (person)
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- Sean M. Lynn — cosponsor (person)
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- Trey Charles Paradee — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-05-08** Introduced and Assigned to Environmental, Natural Resources & Energy Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **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`
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- **2018-06-21** Passed By Senate. Votes: 16 YES 1 NO 4 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2018-06-22** Assigned to Natural Resources Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2018-06-26** Reported Out of Committee (Natural Resources) in House with 1 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2018-07-01** Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 1 NO 1 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2018-09-20** 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/744a58c2-55c1-4886-8573-2f113284a12b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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