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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 6 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE PROHIBITION OF HARMFUL FLAME RETARDANTS."
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description: "This Act prohibits the manufacture, sale, or distribution of children's products, upholstered furniture used in residences, and mattresses that contain harmful flame retardant chemicals. These flame retardants have been found to cause cancer, particularly to firefighters who are extinguishing fires that involve products that contain these chemicals. This Act does not apply to any of the following:"
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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 77"
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citation: "Delaware HB 77 (151)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bruce C. Ennis", "Dave G. Lawson", "John A. Kowalko", "Melissa Minor-Brown", "Sherry Dorsey Walker"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 11
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2021-01-19"
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last_action: "2022-08-04"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c9cdffeb-dbba-40a8-81cc-b2983c0ca524"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=48303"
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source_hash: "a4da138d7cc2d00ed2e0ab0fbb788dd790b89f77e99f93b1faf4f8bc701ec403"
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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 77 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 6 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE PROHIBITION OF HARMFUL FLAME RETARDANTS.
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This Act prohibits the manufacture, sale, or distribution of children's products, upholstered furniture used in residences, and mattresses that contain harmful flame retardant chemicals. These flame retardants have been found to cause cancer, particularly to firefighters who are extinguishing fires that involve products that contain these chemicals. This Act does not apply to any of the following:
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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=48303&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB77)
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2. **HA 2 to HB 77** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=99303&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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## Votes
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- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **37–4** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bruce C. Ennis — primary (person)
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- Dave G. Lawson — primary (person)
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- John A. Kowalko — primary (person)
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- Melissa Minor-Brown — primary (person)
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- Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
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- Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
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- John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
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- Kimberly Williams — cosponsor (person)
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- Larry Lambert — cosponsor (person)
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- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
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- Sean M. Lynn — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-01-19** Introduced and Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-06-16** Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce) in House with 4 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits, 1 Unfavorable `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2022-01-11** Amendment HA 1 to HB 77 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2022-03-31** Amendment HA 2 to HB 77 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2022-06-07** Amendment HA 1 to HB 77 - Stricken in House
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- **2022-06-07** Amendment HA 2 to HB 77 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2022-06-07** Passed By House. Votes: 37 YES 4 NO `passage`
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- **2022-06-07** Assigned to Environment & Energy Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2022-06-15** Reported Out of Committee (Environment & Energy) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2022-07-01** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2022-08-04** 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/c9cdffeb-dbba-40a8-81cc-b2983c0ca524`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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