republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/151/hb-286.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 9 OF THE DELAWARE CODE TO EXTEND THE PERMITTED MATURITIES OF BONDS FOR SEWER AND WASTEWATER TREATMENT IN NEW CASTLE COUNTY.	According to the American Society of Civil Engineers, the useful life of the components of typical sewer and wastewater systems ranges from 15 years to 100 years. In light of the long life of sewer and wastewater infrastructure, longer maturities are appropriate for bonds issued to fund such infrastructure. This bill extends the maturity of bonds permitted to be issued by New Castle County from 30 years to 40 years for both sewer and wastewater projects, recognizing the long life of such assets. Extending the maturities of sewer and wastewater infrastructure-related bonds will enable New Castle County to access federal programs that allow for longer-duration repayment periods, such as the Water Infrastructure and Innovation Act and the U.S. Department of Agriculture loan program for sewer, solid waste and stormwater drainage in eligible rural areas. Furthermore, longer maturities reduce the debt service burden on the County’s operating budget.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	151	HB 286	Delaware HB 286 (151)	bill		enacted	Edward S. Osienski Spiros Mantzavinos	1	7	2	2022-01-13	2022-06-30	openstates	ocd-bill/2e086aaf-dba1-4076-ab71-5a37b8f24c62	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=79088	dd71ef0aed1becb94eec5cbc3f0490e80229cdc8ffc591681768c2dd6a104c5b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 286 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 9 OF THE DELAWARE CODE TO EXTEND THE PERMITTED MATURITIES OF BONDS FOR SEWER AND WASTEWATER TREATMENT IN NEW CASTLE COUNTY.

According to the American Society of Civil Engineers, the useful life of the components of typical sewer and wastewater systems ranges from 15 years to 100 years. In light of the long life of sewer and wastewater infrastructure, longer maturities are appropriate for bonds issued to fund such infrastructure. This bill extends the maturity of bonds permitted to be issued by New Castle County from 30 years to 40 years for both sewer and wastewater projects, recognizing the long life of such assets. Extending the maturities of sewer and wastewater infrastructure-related bonds will enable New Castle County to access federal programs that allow for longer-duration repayment periods, such as the Water Infrastructure and Innovation Act and the U.S. Department of Agriculture loan program for sewer, solid waste and stormwater drainage in eligible rural areas. Furthermore, longer maturities reduce the debt service burden on the County’s operating budget.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 36–0 (pass) · lower
• SM — 20–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
• Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
• Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
• David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
• Debra Heffernan — cosponsor (person)
• John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
• Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-13 Introduced and Assigned to Transportation/Land Use and Infrastructure Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2022-03-22 Reported Out of Committee (Transportation/Land Use and Infrastructure) in House with 2 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-05-17 Passed By House. Votes: 36 YES 5 ABSENT passage
• 2022-05-17 Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2022-06-08 Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2022-06-21 Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2022-06-30 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2e086aaf-dba1-4076-ab71-5a37b8f24c62. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).