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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 3, 7, AND 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENT."
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description: "This Act seeks to update the fine structure for major commercial polluters. In addition, this Act increases the amount of penalty funds directed to communities near facilities with violations."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "153"
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identifier: "HB 210"
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citation: "Delaware HB 210 (153)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bryan Townsend", "Bryant L. Richardson", "Cyndie Romer", "Darius J. Brown", "Dave G. Lawson", "David L. Wilson", "David P. Sokola", "Edward S. Osienski", "Eric Morrison", "Josue O Ortega", "Kerri Evelyn Harris", "Larry Lambert", "Madinah Wilson-Anton", "Mara Gorman", "Marie Pinkney", "Melanie Ross Levin", "Nicole Poore", "Ray Seigfried", "Russell Huxtable", "Sean M. Lynn", "Trey Paradee"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 9
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-06-05"
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last_action: "2025-07-16"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/91247896-8127-49a1-87a7-7701d4fd2c81"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=142436"
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source_hash: "2f8298a659353e2c627cbd55701ca629e4ee4b3db442fbfdd7e71511ae3a55b5"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
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---
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# Delaware HB 210 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 3, 7, AND 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENT.
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This Act seeks to update the fine structure for major commercial polluters. In addition, this Act increases the amount of penalty funds directed to communities near facilities with violations.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **HA 1 to HB 210** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=142571&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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## Votes
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- SM — **28–12** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **15–6** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
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- Bryant L. Richardson — primary (person)
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- Cyndie Romer — primary (person)
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- Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
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- Dave G. Lawson — primary (person)
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- David L. Wilson — primary (person)
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- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
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- Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
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- Eric Morrison — primary (person)
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- Josue O Ortega — primary (person)
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- Kerri Evelyn Harris — primary (person)
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- Larry Lambert — primary (person)
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- Madinah Wilson-Anton — primary (person)
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- Mara Gorman — primary (person)
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- Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
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- Melanie Ross Levin — primary (person)
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- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
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- Ray Seigfried — primary (person)
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- Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
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- Sean M. Lynn — primary (person)
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- Trey Paradee — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-06-05** Introduced and Assigned to Natural Resources & Energy Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2025-06-17** Reported Out of Committee (Natural Resources & Energy) in House with 5 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-06-18** Amendment HA 1 to HB 210 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2025-06-24** Amendment HA 1 to HB 210 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-06-24** Passed By House. Votes: 28 YES 12 NO 1 VACANT `passage`
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- **2025-06-24** Assigned to Environment, Energy & Transportation Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2025-06-25** Reported Out of Committee (Environment, Energy & Transportation) in Senate with 4 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-06-30** Passed By Senate. Votes: 15 YES 6 NO `passage`
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- **2025-07-16** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/91247896-8127-49a1-87a7-7701d4fd2c81`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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