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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO QUALIFIED AGENCIES AUTHORIZED TO RECEIVE GRANTS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL."
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description: "The bill expands the qualified agencies authorized to receive grants approved by the Water Infrastructure Advisory Council to include non-profit corporations, such as the Diamond State Sustainability Corporation (“DSSC”), approved by Public Service Commission as a regulated water or wastewater utility. As a regulated utility, the DSSC assists low and moderate income residents and communities in rural areas of Delaware by acquiring and improving community-owned water and wastewater systems, many of which are aging or at risk of failure, and providing service pursuant to Commission-approved rates. This bill also expands the definition of “treatment works” to include “domestic wastewater” projects in order to allow for grants for community septic and sewage system upgrades."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "150"
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identifier: "HB 119"
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citation: "Delaware HB 119 (150)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Debra Heffernan", "Harris B. McDowell"]
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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: "2019-04-16"
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last_action: "2019-08-14"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fbb98139-c696-4cd0-967b-65a0476df25d"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=47359"
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source_hash: "625affaaad4822b8cd039296f0fdef6889b2c82a4e2905af79eb07961c94cbea"
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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 HB 119 (150) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO QUALIFIED AGENCIES AUTHORIZED TO RECEIVE GRANTS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL.
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The bill expands the qualified agencies authorized to receive grants approved by the Water Infrastructure Advisory Council to include non-profit corporations, such as the Diamond State Sustainability Corporation (“DSSC”), approved by Public Service Commission as a regulated water or wastewater utility. As a regulated utility, the DSSC assists low and moderate income residents and communities in rural areas of Delaware by acquiring and improving community-owned water and wastewater systems, many of which are aging or at risk of failure, and providing service pursuant to Commission-approved rates. This bill also expands the definition of “treatment works” to include “domestic wastewater” projects in order to allow for grants for community septic and sewage system upgrades.
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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=47359&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB119)
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## Votes
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- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **19–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Debra Heffernan — primary (person)
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- Harris B. McDowell — primary (person)
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- Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
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- Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
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- David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
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- Ernesto B Lopez — cosponsor (person)
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- Franklin D. Cooke — cosponsor (person)
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- Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
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- Ronald E. Gray — cosponsor (person)
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- Stephen Smyk — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-04-16** Introduced and Assigned to Natural Resources Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2019-05-08** Reported Out of Committee (Natural Resources) in House with 8 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2019-06-06** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2019-06-06** Assigned to Elections, Govt. & Community Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2019-06-12** Reported Out of Committee (Elections, Govt. & Community Affairs) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2019-06-19** Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 1 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2019-08-14** 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/fbb98139-c696-4cd0-967b-65a0476df25d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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