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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 7 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL AND TRANSPARENCY IN PUBLIC HEARINGS."
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description: "This substitute bill requires the Secretary of DNREC to follow certain procedures when conducting public hearings, while giving discretion to the Secretary in choosing which hearings the procedures apply to."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "152"
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identifier: "HB 434"
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citation: "Delaware HB 434 (152)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Brian Pettyjohn", "Bryan W. Shupe", "David L. Wilson", "David P. Sokola", "Edward S. Osienski", "John \"Jack\" Walsh", "Laura V. Sturgeon", "Lyndon D. Yearick", "Richard G. Collins", "Sean Matthews", "Stell Parker Selby", "Valerie Longhurst"]
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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: "2024-06-27"
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last_action: "2024-10-23"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bf84c1d3-4891-4581-bd80-0727cd75d51f"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141679"
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source_hash: "d5b041fdd9b9de6528cf8cee0ced5ac795066fc99d3fa6323f0fb107464448a7"
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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 HB 434 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 7 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL AND TRANSPARENCY IN PUBLIC HEARINGS.
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This substitute bill requires the Secretary of DNREC to follow certain procedures when conducting public hearings, while giving discretion to the Secretary in choosing which hearings the procedures apply to.
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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=141679&legislationTypeId=6&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HS1forHB434)
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## Votes
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- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **41–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
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- Bryan W. Shupe — primary (person)
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- David L. Wilson — primary (person)
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- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
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- Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
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- John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
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- Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
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- Lyndon D. Yearick — primary (person)
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- Richard G. Collins — primary (person)
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- Sean Matthews — primary (person)
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- Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)
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- Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-06-27** was introduced and adopted in lieu of HB 434 `introduction`
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- **2024-06-27** Suspension of Rules in House
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- **2024-06-27** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
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- **2024-06-27** Laid On Table in Senate
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- **2024-06-30** Suspension of Rules in Senate
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- **2024-06-30** Lifted From Table in Senate
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- **2024-06-30** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2024-10-23** 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/bf84c1d3-4891-4581-bd80-0727cd75d51f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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