republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/152/sb-289.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 AND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ENERGY CONSERVATION.	This Act amends Title 16, Chapter 76 of the Delaware Code relating to energy conservation identified in county and municipal building and plumbing codes. Consistent with codes in other States, including New York, Rhode Island, and Washington, among others, this Act requires as a threshold that counties and municipalities must, at minimum, meet the threshold adopted by the Delaware Energy Office (“DEO”). The Act authorizes counties and municipalities to go above the threshold adopted by the DEO.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	152	SB 289	Delaware SB 289 (152)	bill		enacted	Bryant L. Richardson David L. Wilson David P. Sokola Eric Morrison Franklin D. Cooke Peter C. Schwartzkopf Russell Huxtable S. Elizabeth Lockman Stephanie L. Hansen	2	10	2	2024-05-08	2024-09-30	openstates	ocd-bill/a9ee8610-27bf-4853-a81b-966dec96bc07	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141314	77c1cd81f68e7f220e6753c5f4cdcbbd6ca2ed481668a627b977bc55635cdbf5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware SB 289 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 AND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ENERGY CONSERVATION.

This Act amends Title 16, Chapter 76 of the Delaware Code relating to energy conservation identified in county and municipal building and plumbing codes. Consistent with codes in other States, including New York, Rhode Island, and Washington, among others, this Act requires as a threshold that counties and municipalities must, at minimum, meet the threshold adopted by the Delaware Energy Office (“DEO”). The Act authorizes counties and municipalities to go above the threshold adopted by the DEO.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source
2. SA 1 to SB 289 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 41–0 (pass) · lower
• SM — 21–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bryant L. Richardson — primary (person)
• David L. Wilson — primary (person)
• David P. Sokola — primary (person)
• Eric Morrison — primary (person)
• Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
• Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
• Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
• S. Elizabeth Lockman — primary (person)
• Stephanie L. Hansen — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2024-05-08 Introduced and Assigned to Environment, Energy & Transportation Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-05-15 Reported Out of Committee (Environment, Energy & Transportation) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-05-22 Amendment SA 1 to SB 289 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2024-05-23 Amendment SA 1 to SB 289 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES amendment-passage
• 2024-05-23 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2024-06-06 Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-06-06 Re-Assigned to Natural Resources & Energy Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-06-26 Reported Out of Committee (Natural Resources & Energy) in House with 5 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-06-30 Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES passage
• 2024-09-30 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a9ee8610-27bf-4853-a81b-966dec96bc07. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).