republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/152/sb-7.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE STATE ENERGY OFFICE.	This Bill amends the Delaware Energy Act, Title 29 of the Delaware Code, Chapter 80, Subchapter II, by updating and expanding upon the duties of the State Energy Office (located in the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control’s Division of Climate, Coastal and Energy). In Section 1 of the Bill, the General Assembly finds and declares that: (a) Planning for Delaware's energy future is vitally important to Delaware’s economy and all of its citizens; (b) Developments in the energy sector of the economy are proceeding at a fast pace, and devoting state resources to the energy sector will be beneficial; and (c) Transforming the delivery of energy to end users is expected to require new programs, planning, and workforce training. Section 1 of the Bill also declares the intent of the General Assembly to provide for the development and implementation of State energy policy and programs in accordance with the State Energy Plan, the State Climate Action Plan, and other documents developed by the Governor's Energy Advisor Council and adopted by the State Energy Office.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	152	SB 7	Delaware SB 7 (152)	bill		enacted	Bryan Townsend David L. Wilson David P. Sokola Eric Morrison Laura V. Sturgeon Nicole Poore Paul S. Baumbach Peter C. Schwartzkopf Russell Huxtable S. Elizabeth Lockman Sarah McBride Spiros Mantzavinos Stephanie L. Hansen Trey Paradee Valerie Longhurst William Bush	1	9	2	2023-06-01	2023-08-03	openstates	ocd-bill/07da8269-3ef2-4f16-9c82-45dfc34be1d8	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=140471	4915bc2ce0cea317f6d66197f510cd562791d0b18c966164cce0eee606084a3b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware SB 7 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE STATE ENERGY OFFICE.

This Bill amends the Delaware Energy Act, Title 29 of the Delaware Code, Chapter 80, Subchapter II, by updating and expanding upon the duties of the State Energy Office (located in the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control’s Division of Climate, Coastal and Energy). In Section 1 of the Bill, the General Assembly finds and declares that: (a) Planning for Delaware's energy future is vitally important to Delaware’s economy and all of its citizens; (b) Developments in the energy sector of the economy are proceeding at a fast pace, and devoting state resources to the energy sector will be beneficial; and (c) Transforming the delivery of energy to end users is expected to require new programs, planning, and workforce training. Section 1 of the Bill also declares the intent of the General Assembly to provide for the development and implementation of State energy policy and programs in accordance with the State Energy Plan, the State Climate Action Plan, and other documents developed by the Governor's Energy Advisor Council and adopted by the State Energy Office.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 25–0 (pass) · lower
• SM — 13–6 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
• David L. Wilson — primary (person)
• David P. Sokola — primary (person)
• Eric Morrison — primary (person)
• Laura V. Sturgeon — 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)
• Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
• Stephanie L. Hansen — primary (person)
• Trey Paradee — primary (person)
• Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
• William Bush — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-06-01 Adopted in lieu of the original bill SB 7, and Assigned to Finance Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2023-06-06 Reported Out of Committee (Finance) in Senate with 4 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-06-07 Passed By Senate. Votes: 13 YES 6 NO 2 ABSENT passage
• 2023-06-08 Assigned to Natural Resources & Energy Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2023-06-13 Reported Out of Committee (Natural Resources & Energy) in House with 4 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-06-13 Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2023-06-15 Reported Out of Committee (Appropriations) in House with 5 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2023-06-29 Passed By House. Votes: 25 YES 16 ABSENT passage
• 2023-08-03 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/07da8269-3ef2-4f16-9c82-45dfc34be1d8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).