republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/150/hb-130.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 7 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO RECYCLING AND WASTE REDUCTION.	This bill expands upon the existing at-store recycling program regarding the use of single-use plastic bags. The existing requirements will continue, however stores subject to this program will now be limited from providing single-use plastic bags for only specific uses thereby encouraging a shift to reusable bags. The purpose of the bill, as detailed in the preamble, is to clean up Delaware’s communities and watersheds, reduce storm water and trash management costs to taxpayers, and promote the health and safety of watersheds, wildlife and humans, and the ecosystem’s food chain. On January 1, 2021 this bill enacts a ban on stores providing single-use plastic bags at check-out.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	150	HB 130	Delaware HB 130 (150)	bill		enacted	David Bentz David P. Sokola Earl G. Jaques Jr. Edward S. Osienski Franklin D. Cooke Gerald L. Brady Harris B. McDowell Kendra Johnson Melissa Minor-Brown Nnamdi O. Chukwuocha Raymond Seigfried Sherry Dorsey Walker Trey Paradee Valerie Longhurst	3	13	2	2019-04-18	2019-07-29	openstates	ocd-bill/ebb4bc17-463e-4f81-b1e2-8f89cf3dd9ef	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=47388	9cef28f55badf4b089a6238dbe92bcaffb36f9916ab0061919697131c2db2107	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 130 (150) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 7 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO RECYCLING AND WASTE REDUCTION.

This bill expands upon the existing at-store recycling program regarding the use of single-use plastic bags. The existing requirements will continue, however stores subject to this program will now be limited from providing single-use plastic bags for only specific uses thereby encouraging a shift to reusable bags. The purpose of the bill, as detailed in the preamble, is to clean up Delaware’s communities and watersheds, reduce storm water and trash management costs to taxpayers, and promote the health and safety of watersheds, wildlife and humans, and the ecosystem’s food chain. On January 1, 2021 this bill enacts a ban on stores providing single-use plastic bags at check-out.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source
2. HA 1 to HB 130 (committee substitute) — source
3. HA 5 to HB 130 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 13–8 (pass) · upper
• SM — 33–7 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• David Bentz — primary (person)
• David P. Sokola — primary (person)
• Earl G. Jaques Jr. — primary (person)
• Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
• Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
• Gerald L. Brady — primary (person)
• Harris B. McDowell — primary (person)
• Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
• Melissa Minor-Brown — primary (person)
• Nnamdi O. Chukwuocha — primary (person)
• Raymond Seigfried — primary (person)
• Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
• Trey Paradee — primary (person)
• Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
• Catherine Cloutier — cosponsor (person)
• Debra Heffernan — cosponsor (person)
• John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
• Krista Griffith — cosponsor (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
• Sean M. Lynn — cosponsor (person)
• Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-04-18 Introduced in House and Assigned to Natural Resources Committee introduction
• 2019-05-08 Reported Out of Committee (Natural Resources) in House with 1 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2019-05-14 Amendment HA 1 to HB 130 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2019-05-14 Amendment HA 2 to HB 130 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2019-05-14 Amendment HA 1 to HB 130 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2019-05-14 Amendment HA 2 to HB 130 - Stricken in House
• 2019-05-14 Amendment HA 5 to HB 130 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2019-05-14 Passed By House. Votes: 33 YES 7 NO 1 ABSENT passage
• 2019-05-15 Assigned to Environmental & Natural Resources Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2019-06-05 Reported Out of Committee (Environmental & Natural Resources) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2019-06-06 Amendment SA 1 to HB 130 - Stricken in Senate
• 2019-06-06 Passed By Senate. Votes: 13 YES 8 NO passage
• 2019-07-29 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ebb4bc17-463e-4f81-b1e2-8f89cf3dd9ef. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).