republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/152/hb-11.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO COUNTY BUILDING CODES.	This Act requires new commercial buildings with a foundation footprint of 50,000 square feet or greater to meet certain requirements to ensure that their roof is able to support solar energy infrastructure.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	152	HB 11	Delaware HB 11 (152)	bill		enacted	Bryan Townsend David L. Wilson David P. Sokola Debra Heffernan Edward S. Osienski Eric Morrison John "Jack" Walsh Madinah Wilson-Anton Nicole Poore Paul S. Baumbach Peter C. Schwartzkopf Russell Huxtable Sean Matthews Stell Parker Selby	2	9	2	2023-05-02	2023-08-03	openstates	ocd-bill/88e68e61-f786-4473-9041-aa4e24a0edcd	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=130288	85e8c7f08edd9faf99390969608f1feb41f2245e2dc9803719ffc67898e1097b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 11 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO COUNTY BUILDING CODES.

This Act requires new commercial buildings with a foundation footprint of 50,000 square feet or greater to meet certain requirements to ensure that their roof is able to support solar energy infrastructure.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source
2. HA 1 to HB 11 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 16–4 (pass) · upper
• SM — 24–14 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
• David L. Wilson — primary (person)
• David P. Sokola — primary (person)
• Debra Heffernan — primary (person)
• Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
• Eric Morrison — primary (person)
• John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
• Madinah Wilson-Anton — primary (person)
• Nicole Poore — primary (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
• Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
• Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
• Sean Matthews — primary (person)
• Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-05-02 Introduced and Assigned to Natural Resources & Energy Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2023-05-12 Amendment HA 1 to HB 11 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2023-06-07 Reported Out of Committee (Natural Resources & Energy) in House with 5 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-06-13 Amendment HA 1 to HB 11 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2023-06-13 Passed By House. Votes: 24 YES 14 NO 3 ABSENT passage
• 2023-06-13 Assigned to Environment, Energy & Transportation Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2023-06-21 Reported Out of Committee (Environment, Energy & Transportation) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-06-27 Passed By Senate. Votes: 16 YES 4 NO 1 ABSENT passage
• 2023-08-03 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/88e68e61-f786-4473-9041-aa4e24a0edcd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).