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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 7 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO UNDERGROUND AND ABOVEGROUND STORAGE TANKS."
description: "This Act expands the applicability of the Delaware Brownfields Development Program, Subchapter II, Chapter 91 of Title 7, by providing protection from liability for releases of regulated substances from underground storage tanks and aboveground storage tanks to any person approved as a Brownfields Developer who enters into a Brownfields Development Agreement, and otherwise meets the requirements of the Brownfields Development Program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "150"
identifier: "HB 207"
citation: "Delaware HB 207 (150)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Debra Heffernan", "Stephanie L. Hansen"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 6
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-06-11"
last_action: "2019-07-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b4d319ef-f99f-42f6-b9ad-9936d085bfd2"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=47657"
source_hash: "233228f854a922930733940b8d55de5b8a67412087804813e9f1f622ee8cc867"
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 HB 207 (150) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 7 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO UNDERGROUND AND ABOVEGROUND STORAGE TANKS.
This Act expands the applicability of the Delaware Brownfields Development Program, Subchapter II, Chapter 91 of Title 7, by providing protection from liability for releases of regulated substances from underground storage tanks and aboveground storage tanks to any person approved as a Brownfields Developer who enters into a Brownfields Development Agreement, and otherwise meets the requirements of the Brownfields Development Program.
## 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=47657&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB207)
## Votes
- SM — **400** (pass) · lower
- SM — **210** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Debra Heffernan — primary (person)
- Stephanie L. Hansen — primary (person)
- Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
- Richard G. Collins — cosponsor (person)
- Ronald E. Gray — cosponsor (person)
- Trey Paradee — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-06-11** Introduced and Assigned to Natural Resources Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-06-19** Reported Out of Committee (Natural Resources) in House with 1 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-06-25** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2019-06-30** Suspension of Rules in Senate
- **2019-06-30** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2019-07-23** 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/b4d319ef-f99f-42f6-b9ad-9936d085bfd2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).