republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/152/hb-255.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 7 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE BOILER SAFETY PROGRAM.	This Act makes several updates to the Boiler Safety Program. The Boiler Safety Program can issue certificates of compliance and the Secretary can grant variances. A 6th member is added to the Boiler Safety Council from associated labor unions. It adds an enforcement section for violators who fail to comply with Program requirements. This Act also makes technical corrections to conform with current drafting standards. Finally, the Act allows DNREC to establish fees for the Program that reasonably reflect the cost of the Program and defray its expenses. It therefore requires a 3/5 vote.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	152	HB 255	Delaware HB 255 (152)	bill		enacted	Edward S. Osienski John "Jack" Walsh Sherry Dorsey Walker Spiros Mantzavinos	3	12	2	2024-03-14	2024-08-02	openstates	ocd-bill/04230bc8-a6c3-4c70-b4f3-db18c64d65d1	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141071	fe3428d92e86250279fc94032a7145d3d164d73e14496f106df2016944dc179e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 255 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 7 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE BOILER SAFETY PROGRAM.

This Act makes several updates to the Boiler Safety Program. The Boiler Safety Program can issue certificates of compliance and the Secretary can grant variances. A 6th member is added to the Boiler Safety Council from associated labor unions. It adds an enforcement section for violators who fail to comply with Program requirements. This Act also makes technical corrections to conform with current drafting standards. Finally, the Act allows DNREC to establish fees for the Program that reasonably reflect the cost of the Program and defray its expenses. It therefore requires a 3/5 vote.

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 HA 2 to HS 1 for HB 255 (committee substitute) — source
3. HA 2 to HS 1 for HB 255 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 3/5 — 38–0 (pass) · lower
• 3/5 — 21–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
• John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
• Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
• Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-03-14 Adopted in lieu of the original bill HB 255, and Assigned to Labor Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-03-19 Reported Out of Committee (Labor) in House with 1 Favorable, 7 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-20 Amendment HA 1 to HS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2024-04-16 Amendment HA 2 to HS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2024-04-16 Amendment HA 1 to HS 1 - Stricken in House
• 2024-04-16 Amendment HA 1 to HA 2 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2024-04-16 Amendment HA 2 to HS 1 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2024-04-16 Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 3 ABSENT passage
• 2024-04-16 Assigned to Labor Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-05-22 Reported Out of Committee (Labor) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-06-25 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2024-08-02 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/04230bc8-a6c3-4c70-b4f3-db18c64d65d1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).