republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/152/sb-56.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 26 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION.	This is an omnibus bill that updates several aspects of the Delaware Public Utility Code, Title 26, including the following: (a) Expanding the public notice options for the Public Service Commission in order to reduce costs, increase transparency, and raise public awareness of Commission proceedings; (b) Amending the statute which sets the salary of Commissioners to provide for a salary as appropriated in the annual State Operating Budget; (c) Increasing the utility assessment rate; and (d) Eliminating references to the Water Supply Coordinating Council, which reached its sunset date of January 31, 2022.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	152	SB 56	Delaware SB 56 (152)	bill		enacted	Brian Pettyjohn Darius J. Brown David L. Wilson Edward S. Osienski Eric Morrison Laura V. Sturgeon Paul S. Baumbach Peter C. Schwartzkopf Russell Huxtable Sarah McBride Stephanie L. Hansen	2	10	3	2023-03-01	2023-06-29	openstates	ocd-bill/259999c6-d15a-43f3-896d-f362e739333d	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=130031	db04438830023a38f069f61bd45f0bcd076f035f3e125ba3d88b3dd08be5c2aa	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware SB 56 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 26 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION.

This is an omnibus bill that updates several aspects of the Delaware Public Utility Code, Title 26, including the following: (a) Expanding the public notice options for the Public Service Commission in order to reduce costs, increase transparency, and raise public awareness of Commission proceedings; (b) Amending the statute which sets the salary of Commissioners to provide for a salary as appropriated in the annual State Operating Budget; (c) Increasing the utility assessment rate; and (d) Eliminating references to the Water Supply Coordinating Council, which reached its sunset date of January 31, 2022.

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 56 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 20–0 (pass) · upper
• 3/5 — 20–0 (pass) · upper
• SM — 40–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
• Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
• David L. Wilson — primary (person)
• Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
• Eric Morrison — primary (person)
• Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
• Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
• Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
• Sarah McBride — primary (person)
• Stephanie L. Hansen — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-03-01 Introduced and Assigned to Environment, Energy & Transportation Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2023-03-08 Reported Out of Committee (Environment, Energy & Transportation) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 7 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-09 Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2023-03-10 Assigned to Natural Resources & Energy Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2023-05-02 Reported Out of Committee (Natural Resources & Energy) in House with 7 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-06-06 Amendment HA 1 to SB 56 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2023-06-06 Amendment HA 1 to SB 56 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2023-06-06 Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2023-06-14 Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2023-06-29 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/259999c6-d15a-43f3-896d-f362e739333d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).