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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 6 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PRICE PROTECTIONS DURING THE COVID-19 RECOVERY PERIOD."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "150"
identifier: "SB 253"
citation: "Delaware SB 253 (150)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bruce C. Ennis", "John J. Viola", "Raymond Seigfried"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-06-20"
last_action: "2020-07-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/220294f8-fd45-4248-86f1-eba112d9f769"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=48165"
source_hash: "fb5f1fdd6da3505c39d36d2e8813bb05fa30e086c39d34d52e802a061b25358c"
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 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](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=48165&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB253)
## Votes
- 2/3 — **210** (pass) · upper
- 2/3 — **410** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/220294f8-fd45-4248-86f1-eba112d9f769`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).