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| Bill | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 7 AND 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CLIMATE CHANGE. | This Act, known as the Delaware Climate Change Solutions Act of 2023, follows the issuance of Delaware’s Climate Action Plan in 2021, and establishes a statutory target of greenhouse gas emissions reductions over the medium and long term to mitigate the adverse effects of climate change due to anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions on the State. The Act establishes a process of regular updates to the Climate Action Plan to serve as the framework to achieve the targeted emissions reductions and develop resilience strategies for the State, creates Climate Change Officers in certain Key Cabinet-Level Departments who will assist DNREC in the ongoing implementation of the Climate Action Plan, requires State agencies to consider climate change in decision-making, rulemaking, and procurement, and requires an Implementation Report every 2 years on the progress of the State towards meeting the statutory targets. | us/states/de | Delaware General Assembly | 152 | HB 99 | Delaware HB 99 (152) |
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Delaware HB 99 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 7 AND 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CLIMATE CHANGE.
This Act, known as the Delaware Climate Change Solutions Act of 2023, follows the issuance of Delaware’s Climate Action Plan in 2021, and establishes a statutory target of greenhouse gas emissions reductions over the medium and long term to mitigate the adverse effects of climate change due to anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions on the State. The Act establishes a process of regular updates to the Climate Action Plan to serve as the framework to achieve the targeted emissions reductions and develop resilience strategies for the State, creates Climate Change Officers in certain Key Cabinet-Level Departments who will assist DNREC in the ongoing implementation of the Climate Action Plan, requires State agencies to consider climate change in decision-making, rulemaking, and procurement, and requires an Implementation Report every 2 years on the progress of the State towards meeting the statutory targets.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- SM — 14–5 (fail) · upper
- SM — 27–13 (pass) · lower
- SM — 15–5 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
- Cyndie Romer — primary (person)
- Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
- David L. Wilson — primary (person)
- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
- Debra Heffernan — primary (person)
- Eric Morrison — primary (person)
- Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
- Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
- Kerri Evelyn Harris — primary (person)
- Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
- Madinah Wilson-Anton — primary (person)
- Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
- Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
- Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
- S. Elizabeth Lockman — primary (person)
- Sarah McBride — primary (person)
- Sean M. Lynn — primary (person)
- Sean Matthews — primary (person)
- Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
- Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
- Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)
- Trey Paradee — primary (person)
- Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
- William Bush — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2023-04-27 Introduced and Assigned to Natural Resources & Energy Committee in House
introduction, referral-committee - 2023-05-02 Reported Out of Committee (Natural Resources & Energy) in House with 8 Favorable
committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable - 2023-06-06 Amendment HA 1 to HB 99 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
amendment-introduction - 2023-06-06 Amendment HA 2 to HB 99 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
amendment-introduction - 2023-06-06 Amendment HA 1 to HB 99 - Passed In House by Voice Vote
amendment-passage - 2023-06-06 Amendment HA 2 to HB 99 - Defeated By House. Votes: 15 YES 25 NO 1 ABSENT
amendment-failure - 2023-06-06 Passed By House. Votes: 27 YES 13 NO 1 ABSENT
passage - 2023-06-06 Assigned to Environment, Energy & Transportation Committee in Senate
introduction, referral-committee - 2023-06-21 Reported Out of Committee (Environment, Energy & Transportation) in Senate with 5 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits
committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable - 2023-06-27 Passed By Senate. Votes: 14 YES 5 NO 2 ABSENT
passage - 2023-06-27 Reconsidered in Senate
- 2023-06-27 Roll Call Rescinded in Senate
- 2023-06-27 Passed By Senate. Votes: 15 YES 5 NO 1 ABSENT
passage - 2023-08-03 Signed by Governor
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d05730cd-676f-482e-bd3d-70c4b92b3827. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).