republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/152/sb-51.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE USE OF SINGLE-SERVICE PLASTIC IMPLEMENTS AND POLYSTYRENE CONTAINERS IN FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS.	This Act prohibits food establishments from providing consumers with ready-to-eat food or beverages in polystyrene foam containers or with single-service plastic coffee stirrers, cocktail picks, or sandwich picks. It also prohibits food establishments from providing single-service plastic straws, unless requested by a consumer. These restrictions take effect on July 1, 2025.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	152	SB 51	Delaware SB 51 (152)	bill		enacted	Bryan Townsend Cyndie Romer David L. Wilson David P. Sokola Eric Morrison Kendra Johnson Kerri Evelyn Harris Laura V. Sturgeon Madinah Wilson-Anton Marie Pinkney Michael F. Smith 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	4	16	3	2023-02-17	2023-08-22	openstates	ocd-bill/57eb9a16-11fe-4c09-b53e-98bb6545839a	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=130016	81b8722b1b7c7591582cc11efaf5602da50be41c3fc516da42eb54fc1f633cb8	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware SB 51 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE USE OF SINGLE-SERVICE PLASTIC IMPLEMENTS AND POLYSTYRENE CONTAINERS IN FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS.

This Act prohibits food establishments from providing consumers with ready-to-eat food or beverages in polystyrene foam containers or with single-service plastic coffee stirrers, cocktail picks, or sandwich picks. It also prohibits food establishments from providing single-service plastic straws, unless requested by a consumer. These restrictions take effect on July 1, 2025.

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 SB 51 (committee substitute) — source
3. HA 2 to SB 51 (committee substitute) — source
4. HA 4 to SB 51 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 29–11 (pass) · lower
• SM — 15–5 (pass) · upper
• SM — 14–5 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
• Cyndie Romer — primary (person)
• David L. Wilson — primary (person)
• David P. Sokola — primary (person)
• Eric Morrison — 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)
• Michael F. Smith — 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)

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-17 Introduced and Assigned to Environment, Energy & Transportation Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2023-03-29 Reported Out of Committee (Environment, Energy & Transportation) in Senate with 5 Favorable committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-04-06 Passed By Senate. Votes: 14 YES 5 NO 1 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT passage
• 2023-04-20 Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2023-04-26 Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 7 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-05-02 Amendment HA 1 to SB 51 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2023-05-16 Amendment HA 2 to SB 51 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2023-06-01 Amendment HA 3 to SB 51 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2023-06-22 Amendment HA 4 to SB 51 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2023-06-22 Amendment HA 1 to SB 51 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2023-06-22 Amendment HA 2 to SB 51 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2023-06-22 Amendment HA 3 to SB 51 - Stricken in House
• 2023-06-22 Amendment HA 4 to SB 51 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2023-06-22 Passed By House. Votes: 29 YES 11 NO 1 ABSENT passage
• 2023-06-27 Passed By Senate. Votes: 15 YES 5 NO 1 ABSENT passage
• 2023-08-22 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/57eb9a16-11fe-4c09-b53e-98bb6545839a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).