republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/151/sb-54.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DELAWARE VOLUNTARY CLEAN ENERGY FINANCING PROGRAM BASED ON PROPERTY ASSESSMENTS (D-PACE) OR OTHER LOCAL ASSESSMENT STATUTE.	This bill makes certain technical amendments to the Delaware Voluntary Clean Energy Financing Program Based on Property Assessments (D-PACE) Act. The amendments are based upon comments received from New Castle County and the lending community. The bill clarifies the interplay between the Act and existing tax and foreclosure sale statutes and that the lien for the energy improvements will remain with the property following a tax monition sale and mortgage foreclosure. It also clarifies the authority of the Sustainable Energy Utility and third party capital providers to enforce the lien for delinquent assessments for clean energy improvements.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	151	SB 54	Delaware SB 54 (151)	bill		enacted	Trey Paradee William Bush	1	8	2	2021-01-26	2021-07-30	openstates	ocd-bill/ac95dc2d-4700-4c8a-b500-8b9f57d731ee	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=48335	f3382da84b8bd2170f258b20e582fcff4ac528c77a636f46cf8978e81cc604d5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware SB 54 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DELAWARE VOLUNTARY CLEAN ENERGY FINANCING PROGRAM BASED ON PROPERTY ASSESSMENTS (D-PACE) OR OTHER LOCAL ASSESSMENT STATUTE.

This bill makes certain technical amendments to the Delaware Voluntary Clean Energy Financing Program Based on Property Assessments (D-PACE) Act. The amendments are based upon comments received from New Castle County and the lending community. The bill clarifies the interplay between the Act and existing tax and foreclosure sale statutes and that the lien for the energy improvements will remain with the property following a tax monition sale and mortgage foreclosure. It also clarifies the authority of the Sustainable Energy Utility and third party capital providers to enforce the lien for delinquent assessments for clean energy improvements.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 3/5 — 41–0 (pass) · lower
• SM — 16–5 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Trey Paradee — primary (person)
• William Bush — primary (person)
• Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
• David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
• Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
• John "Jack" Walsh — cosponsor (person)
• Michael Ramone — cosponsor (person)
• Nnamdi O. Chukwuocha — cosponsor (person)
• Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-26 Introduced and Assigned to Environment & Energy Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-03-11 Reported Out of Committee (Environment & Energy) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-03-11 Passed By Senate. Votes: 16 YES 5 NO passage
• 2021-03-12 Assigned to Natural Resources Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-03-17 Reported Out of Committee (Natural Resources) in House with 4 Favorable, 7 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-04-23 Suspension of Rules in House
• 2021-04-29 Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES passage
• 2021-07-30 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ac95dc2d-4700-4c8a-b500-8b9f57d731ee. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).