republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/153/hb-116.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 26 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITY RATES.	This Act provides the Public Service Commission with the flexibility to consider and approve a discounted gas or electric residential utility rate for qualified low-income customers, provided the discount is 20% of standard residential distribution rates. This permits low-income customers to receive utility distribution services at a lower cost. A utility offering a discounted low-income rate is responsible for annually determining customer eligibility in cooperation with the Department of Health and Social Services. The Public Service Commission must review any discount rate approved under this Act every five years to determine if the discount rate should be re-authorized.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	153	HB 116	Delaware HB 116 (153)	bill		enacted	Bryant L. Richardson Claire Snyder-Hall Debra Heffernan Eric Morrison Franklin D. Cooke Josue O Ortega Mara Gorman Marie Pinkney Melanie Ross Levin Nicole Poore Sarah McBride Spiros Mantzavinos Trey Paradee William Bush	1	9	3	2025-06-05	2025-07-16	openstates	ocd-bill/77cfb817-fceb-4ffb-90be-c580ec210b08	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=142439	c006776040c108f410f036e879b8b1ab470f3b3fd1965e5fbd16c8b6772c6cb0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 116 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 26 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITY RATES.

This Act provides the Public Service Commission with the flexibility to consider and approve a discounted gas or electric residential utility rate for qualified low-income customers, provided the discount is 20% of standard residential distribution rates. This permits low-income customers to receive utility distribution services at a lower cost. A utility offering a discounted low-income rate is responsible for annually determining customer eligibility in cooperation with the Department of Health and Social Services. The Public Service Commission must review any discount rate approved under this Act every five years to determine if the discount rate should be re-authorized.

Version chain

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

1. SA 1 to HS 2 for HB 116 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 15–6 (pass) · upper
• SM — 26–14 (pass) · lower
• SM — 26–13 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bryant L. Richardson — primary (person)
• Claire Snyder-Hall — primary (person)
• Debra Heffernan — primary (person)
• Eric Morrison — primary (person)
• Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
• Josue O Ortega — primary (person)
• Mara Gorman — primary (person)
• Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
• Melanie Ross Levin — primary (person)
• Nicole Poore — primary (person)
• Sarah McBride — primary (person)
• Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
• Trey Paradee — primary (person)
• William Bush — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-06-05 was introduced and adopted in lieu of HB 116 introduction
• 2025-06-10 Passed By House. Votes: 26 YES 13 NO 2 ABSENT passage
• 2025-06-10 Assigned to Environment, Energy & Transportation Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2025-06-24 Amendment SA 1 to HS 2 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2025-06-25 Reported Out of Committee (Environment, Energy & Transportation) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-06-26 Amendment SA 1 to HS 2 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 18 YES 3 NO amendment-passage
• 2025-06-26 Passed By Senate. Votes: 15 YES 6 NO passage
• 2025-06-30 Passed By House. Votes: 26 YES 14 NO 1 VACANT passage
• 2025-07-16 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/77cfb817-fceb-4ffb-90be-c580ec210b08. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).