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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 7, TITLE 16, AND TITLE 20 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO EMERGENCY ALERTS."
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description: "This Act requires Delaware to use the Wireless Emergency Alert (“WEA”) system to notify the public of emergency alerts and requires that the emergency alert system be used when a catastrophic release occurs. A catastrophic release is a major uncontrolled emission, fire, or explosion that presents an imminent and substantial endangerment to public health. This Act also requires that emergency alerts be broadcast in Spanish, in addition to English, when possible."
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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 259"
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citation: "Delaware HB 259 (151)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Larry Lambert", "Stephanie L. Hansen"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 10
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2021-06-28"
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last_action: "2022-06-14"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/63633959-733c-476d-a58e-5f18cc1183d9"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=79007"
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source_hash: "714486fd42ba5e95d420486f683c3259010cad727b66ec607397f1ee2227e1f6"
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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 259 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 7, TITLE 16, AND TITLE 20 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO EMERGENCY ALERTS.
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This Act requires Delaware to use the Wireless Emergency Alert (“WEA”) system to notify the public of emergency alerts and requires that the emergency alert system be used when a catastrophic release occurs. A catastrophic release is a major uncontrolled emission, fire, or explosion that presents an imminent and substantial endangerment to public health. This Act also requires that emergency alerts be broadcast in Spanish, in addition to English, when possible.
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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=79007&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB259)
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2. **HA 1 to HB 259** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=89269&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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## Votes
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- SM — **41–0** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Larry Lambert — primary (person)
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- Stephanie L. Hansen — primary (person)
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- Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
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- Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
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- Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
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- Bryant L. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
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- Colin Bonini — cosponsor (person)
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- Darius J. Brown — cosponsor (person)
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- Dave G. Lawson — cosponsor (person)
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- David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
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- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
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- Ernesto B. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
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- Gerald W. Hocker — cosponsor (person)
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- John "Jack" Walsh — cosponsor (person)
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- Kyle Evans Gay — cosponsor (person)
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- Laura V. Sturgeon — cosponsor (person)
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- Marie Pinkney — cosponsor (person)
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- Nicole Poore — cosponsor (person)
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- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — cosponsor (person)
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- S. Elizabeth Lockman — cosponsor (person)
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- Sherae'a Moore — cosponsor (person)
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- Spiros Mantzavinos — 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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- **2021-06-28** Introduced and Assigned to Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2022-01-18** Reported Out of Committee (Public Safety & Homeland Security) in House with 3 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits, 1 Unfavorable `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2022-03-23** Amendment HA 1 to HB 259 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2022-03-24** Amendment HA 1 to HB 259 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2022-03-24** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
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- **2022-03-24** Assigned to Corrections & Public Safety Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2022-04-05** Reported Out of Committee (Corrections & Public Safety) in Senate with 4 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-04-12** Laid On Table in Senate
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- **2022-04-14** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2022-06-14** 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/63633959-733c-476d-a58e-5f18cc1183d9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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