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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE EMERGENCY PLANNING AND COMMUNITY RIGHT TO KNOW ACT."
description: "The primary purpose of this bill is to provide for an increase in fees collected with annual hazardous chemical inventory reports submitted by facilities. The bill also makes certain technical corrections."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "149"
identifier: "SB 68"
citation: "Delaware SB 68 (149)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bruce C. Ennis", "Debra Heffernan"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-04-27"
last_action: "2017-08-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d4ae3baf-372f-464f-9e88-68d7613eb4fd"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25685"
source_hash: "0fdcb330dafc219c477bd8d6bdef251ec808f93246ccc426e042cf7a0f0e5e88"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
---
# Delaware SB 68 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE EMERGENCY PLANNING AND COMMUNITY RIGHT TO KNOW ACT.
The primary purpose of this bill is to provide for an increase in fees collected with annual hazardous chemical inventory reports submitted by facilities. The bill also makes certain technical corrections.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=25685&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB68)
## Votes
- SM — **410** (pass) · lower
- 3/5 — **103** (fail) · upper
- 3/5 — **200** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Bruce C. Ennis — primary (person)
- Debra Heffernan — primary (person)
- Brian J. Bushweller — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-04-27** Introduced and Assigned to Corrections & Public Safety Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-05-03** Reported Out of Committee (Corrections & Public Safety) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-05-10** Defeated By Senate. Votes: 10 YES 3 NO 6 NOT VOTING 2 ABSENT `failure`
- **2017-05-16** Reconsidered in Senate
- **2017-05-16** Roll Call Rescinded in Senate
- **2017-05-16** Amendment SA 1 to SB 68 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2017-05-16** Amendment SA 1 to SB 68 - Sticken in Senate
- **2017-05-16** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2017-05-17** Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-06-22** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 8 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2017-07-02** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
- **2017-08-30** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d4ae3baf-372f-464f-9e88-68d7613eb4fd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).