republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/150/sb-253.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 6 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PRICE PROTECTIONS DURING THE COVID-19 RECOVERY PERIOD.	This Act ensures that the price protections for Delawareans related to price gouging put in place during the COVID-19 state of emergency do not cease immediately upon the lifting of the COVID-19 state of emergency, but instead continue for a short period of time during the COVID-19 recovery period. The COVID-19 recovery period runs until the sixty-first day following the termination of the COVID-19 state of emergency.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	150	SB 253	Delaware SB 253 (150)	bill		enacted	Bruce C. Ennis John J. Viola Raymond Seigfried	1	7	2	2020-06-20	2020-07-23	openstates	ocd-bill/220294f8-fd45-4248-86f1-eba112d9f769	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=48165	fb5f1fdd6da3505c39d36d2e8813bb05fa30e086c39d34d52e802a061b25358c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware SB 253 (150) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 6 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PRICE PROTECTIONS DURING THE COVID-19 RECOVERY PERIOD.

This Act ensures that the price protections for Delawareans related to price gouging put in place during the COVID-19 state of emergency do not cease immediately upon the lifting of the COVID-19 state of emergency, but instead continue for a short period of time during the COVID-19 recovery period. The COVID-19 recovery period runs until the sixty-first day following the termination of the COVID-19 state of emergency.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 2/3 — 21–0 (pass) · upper
• 2/3 — 41–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bruce C. Ennis — primary (person)
• John J. Viola — primary (person)
• Raymond Seigfried — primary (person)
• Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
• Darius J. Brown — cosponsor (person)
• David B. McBride — cosponsor (person)
• David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
• Harris B. McDowell — cosponsor (person)
• John "Jack" Walsh — cosponsor (person)
• Laura V. Sturgeon — cosponsor (person)
• Nicole Poore — cosponsor (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
• S. Elizabeth Lockman — cosponsor (person)
• Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
• Trey Paradee — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-06-20 Introduced and Laid on Table in Senate introduction
• 2020-06-23 Suspension of Rules in Senate
• 2020-06-23 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2020-06-23 Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2020-06-24 Suspension of Rules in Senate
• 2020-06-25 Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES passage
• 2020-07-23 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/220294f8-fd45-4248-86f1-eba112d9f769. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).