republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/150/hb-212.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 7 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL."
description: "This bill defines “industrial landfill” in conformity with the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control’s Regulations Governing Solid Waste. This bill also establishes a height restriction, or vertical limit, for an industrial landfill at 130 feet above the mean sea level of the area."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "150"
identifier: "HB 212"
citation: "Delaware HB 212 (150)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Darius J. Brown", "Franklin D. Cooke", "Melissa Minor-Brown", "Valerie Longhurst"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-06-11"
last_action: "2020-02-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/310477dc-2e6b-48ee-973b-d813a2cca2a5"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=47666"
source_hash: "1bd21e887bdfd5c9b2bbf08a1c01bd924de8dec6c23dc6f801ab6010c3cf72a4"
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 212 (150) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 7 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL.

This bill defines “industrial landfill” in conformity with the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control’s Regulations Governing Solid Waste. This bill also establishes a height restriction, or vertical limit, for an industrial landfill at 130 feet above the mean sea level of the area.

## 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=47666&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB212)
2. **HA 1 to HA 5 to HB 212** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=47999&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
3. **HA 1 to HB 212** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=47826&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
4. **HA 5 to HB 212** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=47997&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
5. **SA 1 to HB 212** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=47950&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
6. **SA 2 to HB 212** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=48015&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
7. **SA 3 to HB 212** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=48017&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)

## Votes

- SM — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower
- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- SM — **25–14** (pass) · lower
- SM — **20–0** (fail) · upper
- SM — **38–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
- Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
- Melissa Minor-Brown — primary (person)
- Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
- Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
- Catherine Cloutier — cosponsor (person)
- John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
- Nnamdi O. Chukwuocha — cosponsor (person)
- S. Elizabeth Lockman — cosponsor (person)
- Sherry Dorsey Walker — 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`
- **2019-06-20** Reported Out of Committee (Natural Resources) in House with 2 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-06-25** Amendment HA 1 to HB 212 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-06-25** Amendment HA 1 to HB 212 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-25** Amendment HA 2 to HB 212 - Stricken in House
- **2019-06-25** Amendment HA 3 to HB 212 - Stricken in House
- **2019-06-25** Passed By House. Votes: 25 YES 14 NO 2 ABSENT `passage`
- **2019-12-19** Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-01-15** Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 6 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-16** Amendment SA 1 to HB 212 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `amendment-passage`
- **2020-01-16** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2020-01-28** Amendment HA 4 to HB 212 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2020-01-28** Amendment HA 4 to HB 212 - Stricken in House
- **2020-01-28** Amendment HA 1 to HA 5 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2020-01-28** Amendment HA 5 to HB 212 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2020-01-28** Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 1 NOT VOTING 2 ABSENT `passage`
- **2020-01-29** Amendment SA 2 to HB 212 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `amendment-passage`
- **2020-01-29** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2020-01-30** Reconsidered in Senate
- **2020-01-30** Roll Call Rescinded in Senate
- **2020-01-30** Amendment SA 3 to HB 212 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `amendment-passage`
- **2020-01-30** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2020-01-30** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2020-02-20** 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/310477dc-2e6b-48ee-973b-d813a2cca2a5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).