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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 Delawares 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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Brian Pettyjohn
Bryan Townsend
Cyndie Romer
Darius J. Brown
David L. Wilson
David P. Sokola
Debra Heffernan
Eric Morrison
Franklin D. Cooke
Kendra Johnson
Kerri Evelyn Harris
Laura V. Sturgeon
Madinah Wilson-Anton
Marie Pinkney
Nicole Poore
Paul S. Baumbach
Peter C. Schwartzkopf
Russell Huxtable
S. Elizabeth Lockman
Sarah McBride
Sean M. Lynn
Sean Matthews
Sherry Dorsey Walker
Spiros Mantzavinos
Stell Parker Selby
Trey Paradee
Valerie Longhurst
William Bush
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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 Delawares 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.

  1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source
  2. HA 1 to HB 99 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • SM — 145 (fail) · upper
  • SM — 2713 (pass) · lower
  • SM — 155 (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).