republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/152/hb-104.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO LAND USE PLANNING."
description: "The state’s pre-application process for land use process, known as PLUS, was created 20 years ago and has served to increase coordination among state and local agencies. In doing so, it has fulfilled its intent of providing predictability and consistency for the development community, especially in the area of major projects. Given that success, this bill assists in expediting the process for economic development projects in the State of Delaware with some exemptions from the PLUS process. A project located in Investment Level 1 or 2 under the Strategies for State Policies and Spending that is consistent with local zoning and any local comprehensive plan that will create full-time jobs is exempt from the pre-application process unless required by the local government or requested by the applicant."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "152"
identifier: "HB 104"
citation: "Delaware HB 104 (152)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian Pettyjohn", "Daniel B. Short", "David L. Wilson", "Edward S. Osienski", "Franklin D. Cooke", "John \"Jack\" Walsh", "Kendra Johnson", "Laura V. Sturgeon", "Lyndon D. Yearick", "Michael F. Smith", "Nicole Poore", "Paul S. Baumbach", "Peter C. Schwartzkopf", "Richard G. Collins", "Ronald E. Gray", "Ruth Briggs King", "Sherry Dorsey Walker", "Spiros Mantzavinos", "Trey Paradee", "Valerie Longhurst", "William Bush", "William J. Carson"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 9
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-30"
last_action: "2023-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/46984862-1e71-4629-9578-874ada5b64fc"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=130146"
source_hash: "d73992bff5a1e729e00f93463a945526158dbfc9c02bf5653ef4b4b30acc228c"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
---

# Delaware HB 104 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO LAND USE PLANNING.

The state’s pre-application process for land use process, known as PLUS, was created 20 years ago and has served to increase coordination among state and local agencies. In doing so, it has fulfilled its intent of providing predictability and consistency for the development community, especially in the area of major projects. Given that success, this bill assists in expediting the process for economic development projects in the State of Delaware with some exemptions from the PLUS process. A project located in Investment Level 1 or 2 under the Strategies for State Policies and Spending that is consistent with local zoning and any local comprehensive plan that will create full-time jobs is exempt from the pre-application process unless required by the local government or requested by the applicant.

## Version chain

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

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=130146&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB104)
2. **HA 1 to HB 104** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=130183&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)

## Votes

- SM — **18–3** (pass) · upper
- SM — **35–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
- Daniel B. Short — primary (person)
- David L. Wilson — primary (person)
- Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
- Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
- John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
- Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
- Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
- Lyndon D. Yearick — primary (person)
- Michael F. Smith — primary (person)
- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
- Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
- Richard G. Collins — primary (person)
- Ronald E. Gray — primary (person)
- Ruth Briggs King — primary (person)
- Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
- Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
- Trey Paradee — primary (person)
- Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
- William Bush — primary (person)
- William J. Carson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-30** Introduced and Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-05** Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce) in House with 7 Favorable, 6 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-06** Amendment HA 1 to HB 104 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-04-06** Amendment HA 1 to HB 104 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2023-04-06** Passed By House. Votes: 35 YES 6 ABSENT `passage`
- **2023-04-06** Assigned to Housing & Land Use Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-03** Reported Out of Committee (Housing & Land Use) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-06** Passed By Senate. Votes: 18 YES 3 NO `passage`
- **2023-06-20** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/46984862-1e71-4629-9578-874ada5b64fc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).