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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 24 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO GEOLOGY."
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description: "The purpose of this Act is to eliminate the overly broad licensure exemption applicable to persons engaged in the practice of well drilling and persons engaged in the practice of engineering as registered professional engineers. There are many overlapping areas of practice between geologists and well-drillers and registered professional engineers. However, the exemption included in 24 Del. C. § 3602 leads to the conclusion that a licensed well driller or registered professional engineer is qualified to perform any act within the practice of geology regardless of level of competence or expertise. It is each governing body’s responsibility to ensure competent practice within the respective professions, including any areas of overlap. However, the inclusion of the very broad exemption for well-drillers and registered professional engineers is misleading and does not serve the interests of public protection."
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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: "SB 135"
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citation: "Delaware SB 135 (151)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Kyle Evans Gay", "Sherry Dorsey Walker"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 8
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2021-05-13"
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last_action: "2021-09-15"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aaa7f53e-d507-454b-8439-ff984c2fd3a8"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=68694"
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source_hash: "ecd3eb0f84b62fc9f9ff0fd582759794d91f7ba2dcb46165326319f7f59c6a95"
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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 SB 135 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 24 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO GEOLOGY.
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The purpose of this Act is to eliminate the overly broad licensure exemption applicable to persons engaged in the practice of well drilling and persons engaged in the practice of engineering as registered professional engineers. There are many overlapping areas of practice between geologists and well-drillers and registered professional engineers. However, the exemption included in 24 Del. C. § 3602 leads to the conclusion that a licensed well driller or registered professional engineer is qualified to perform any act within the practice of geology regardless of level of competence or expertise. It is each governing body’s responsibility to ensure competent practice within the respective professions, including any areas of overlap. However, the inclusion of the very broad exemption for well-drillers and registered professional engineers is misleading and does not serve the interests of public protection.
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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=68694&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB135)
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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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- Kyle Evans Gay — primary (person)
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- Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
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- Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-05-13** Introduced and Assigned to Legislative Oversight & Sunset Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-05-19** Reported Out of Committee (Legislative Oversight & Sunset) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-05-20** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2021-05-27** Assigned to Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability) Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-06-15** Reported Out of Committee (Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability)) in House with 1 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-06-18** Suspension of Rules in House
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- **2021-06-23** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
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- **2021-09-15** 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/aaa7f53e-d507-454b-8439-ff984c2fd3a8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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