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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 7 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO RECYCLING AND WASTE REDUCTION."
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description: "This Act provides a phased in approach to further the reduction of single-use plastic bags. This Act increases the minimum thickness for a plastic bag to qualify as a reusable bag from 2.25 mils to 10 mils effective January 1, 2022 and makes the restrictions applicable to stores regardless of size effective July 1, 2022. This Act also makes corrections to existing law to make it conform to the standards of the Legislative Drafting Manual."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "151"
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identifier: "HB 212"
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citation: "Delaware HB 212 (151)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Eric Morrison", "Gerald L. Brady", "Kyle Evans Gay", "Larry Lambert", "Madinah Wilson-Anton", "Paul S. Baumbach", "Stephanie L. Hansen", "Valerie Longhurst"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 11
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2021-06-03"
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last_action: "2021-09-30"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/99603a5f-633b-4336-abc2-93c88fb589cb"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=78798"
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source_hash: "bbcdca2f3878d21119a6b945f50ef131a9606203b659027b0ce430fd6ca9db7a"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
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---
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# Delaware HB 212 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 7 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO RECYCLING AND WASTE REDUCTION.
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This Act provides a phased in approach to further the reduction of single-use plastic bags. This Act increases the minimum thickness for a plastic bag to qualify as a reusable bag from 2.25 mils to 10 mils effective January 1, 2022 and makes the restrictions applicable to stores regardless of size effective July 1, 2022. This Act also makes corrections to existing law to make it conform to the standards of the Legislative Drafting Manual.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=78798&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB212)
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2. **HA 1 to HB 212** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=78908&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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3. **HA 2 to HB 212** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=78972&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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## Votes
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- SM — **28–12** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **11–10** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Eric Morrison — primary (person)
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- Gerald L. Brady — primary (person)
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- Kyle Evans Gay — primary (person)
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- Larry Lambert — primary (person)
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- Madinah Wilson-Anton — primary (person)
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- Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
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- Stephanie L. Hansen — primary (person)
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- Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
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- David Bentz — cosponsor (person)
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- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
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- Debra Heffernan — cosponsor (person)
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- John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
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- Kendra Johnson — cosponsor (person)
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- Krista Griffith — cosponsor (person)
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- Marie Pinkney — cosponsor (person)
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- Stephanie T. Bolden — cosponsor (person)
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- Trey Paradee — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-06-03** Introduced and Assigned to Natural Resources Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-06-15** Amendment HA 1 to HB 212 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2021-06-16** Reported Out of Committee (Natural Resources) in House with 3 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-06-23** Amendment HA 2 to HB 212 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2021-06-23** Amendment HA 1 to HB 212 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2021-06-23** Amendment HA 2 to HB 212 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2021-06-23** Passed By House. Votes: 28 YES 12 NO 1 NOT VOTING `passage`
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- **2021-06-23** Assigned to Environment & Energy Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-06-24** Reported Out of Committee (Environment & Energy) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 1 Unfavorable `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2021-06-29** Passed By Senate. Votes: 11 YES 10 NO `passage`
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- **2021-09-30** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/99603a5f-633b-4336-abc2-93c88fb589cb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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