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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 7 AND 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CLIMATE CHANGE."
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description: "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."
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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 99"
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citation: "Delaware HB 99 (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 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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version_count: 2
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action_count: 14
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2023-04-27"
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last_action: "2023-08-03"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d05730cd-676f-482e-bd3d-70c4b92b3827"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=130272"
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source_hash: "80a5e6dddd58aaf90313145b861990cd798b2cc768fa5ed0029ee6b890204f8d"
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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 99 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 7 AND 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CLIMATE CHANGE.
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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.
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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=130272&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB99)
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2. **HA 1 to HB 99** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=140518&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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## Votes
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- SM — **14–5** (fail) · upper
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- SM — **27–13** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **15–5** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
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- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
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- Cyndie Romer — primary (person)
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- Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
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- David L. Wilson — primary (person)
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- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
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- Debra Heffernan — primary (person)
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- Eric Morrison — primary (person)
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- Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
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- Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
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- Kerri Evelyn Harris — primary (person)
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- Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
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- Madinah Wilson-Anton — primary (person)
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- Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
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- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
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- Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
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- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
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- Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
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- S. Elizabeth Lockman — primary (person)
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- Sarah McBride — primary (person)
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- Sean M. Lynn — primary (person)
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- Sean Matthews — primary (person)
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- Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
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- Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
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- Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)
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- Trey Paradee — primary (person)
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- Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
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- William Bush — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-04-27** Introduced and Assigned to Natural Resources & Energy Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2023-05-02** Reported Out of Committee (Natural Resources & Energy) in House with 8 Favorable `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-06-06** Amendment HA 1 to HB 99 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2023-06-06** Amendment HA 2 to HB 99 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2023-06-06** Amendment HA 1 to HB 99 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2023-06-06** Amendment HA 2 to HB 99 - Defeated By House. Votes: 15 YES 25 NO 1 ABSENT `amendment-failure`
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- **2023-06-06** Passed By House. Votes: 27 YES 13 NO 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2023-06-06** Assigned to Environment, Energy & Transportation Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2023-06-21** Reported Out of Committee (Environment, Energy & Transportation) in Senate with 5 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-06-27** Passed By Senate. Votes: 14 YES 5 NO 2 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2023-06-27** Reconsidered in Senate
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- **2023-06-27** Roll Call Rescinded in Senate
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- **2023-06-27** Passed By Senate. Votes: 15 YES 5 NO 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2023-08-03** 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/d05730cd-676f-482e-bd3d-70c4b92b3827`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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