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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 7 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE BOILER SAFETY PROGRAM."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "152"
identifier: "HB 255"
citation: "Delaware HB 255 (152)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Edward S. Osienski", "John \"Jack\" Walsh", "Sherry Dorsey Walker", "Spiros Mantzavinos"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-03-14"
last_action: "2024-08-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/04230bc8-a6c3-4c70-b4f3-db18c64d65d1"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141071"
source_hash: "fe3428d92e86250279fc94032a7145d3d164d73e14496f106df2016944dc179e"
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 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](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=141071&legislationTypeId=6&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HS1forHB255)
2. **HA 1 to HA 2 to HS 1 for HB 255** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=141204&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
3. **HA 2 to HS 1 for HB 255** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=141202&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
## Votes
- 3/5 — **380** (pass) · lower
- 3/5 — **210** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/04230bc8-a6c3-4c70-b4f3-db18c64d65d1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).