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type: "Bill"
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title: "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."
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description: "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."
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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 54"
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citation: "Delaware SB 54 (151)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Trey Paradee", "William Bush"]
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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: "2021-01-26"
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last_action: "2021-07-30"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ac95dc2d-4700-4c8a-b500-8b9f57d731ee"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=48335"
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source_hash: "f3382da84b8bd2170f258b20e582fcff4ac528c77a636f46cf8978e81cc604d5"
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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 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.
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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.
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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=48335&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB54)
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## Votes
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- 3/5 — **41–0** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **16–5** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Trey Paradee — primary (person)
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- William Bush — primary (person)
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- Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
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- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
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- Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
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- John "Jack" Walsh — cosponsor (person)
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- Michael Ramone — cosponsor (person)
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- Nnamdi O. Chukwuocha — cosponsor (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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- **2021-01-26** Introduced and Assigned to Environment & Energy Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-11** Reported Out of Committee (Environment & Energy) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-11** Passed By Senate. Votes: 16 YES 5 NO `passage`
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- **2021-03-12** Assigned to Natural Resources Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-17** Reported Out of Committee (Natural Resources) in House with 4 Favorable, 7 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-04-23** Suspension of Rules in House
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- **2021-04-29** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
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- **2021-07-30** 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/ac95dc2d-4700-4c8a-b500-8b9f57d731ee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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