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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 AND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ENERGY CONSERVATION."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "152"
identifier: "SB 289"
citation: "Delaware SB 289 (152)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["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"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 10
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-05-08"
last_action: "2024-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a9ee8610-27bf-4853-a81b-966dec96bc07"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141314"
source_hash: "77c1cd81f68e7f220e6753c5f4cdcbbd6ca2ed481668a627b977bc55635cdbf5"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["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](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=141314&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB289)
2. **SA 1 to SB 289** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=141457&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
## Votes
- SM — **410** (pass) · lower
- SM — **210** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a9ee8610-27bf-4853-a81b-966dec96bc07`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).