republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/153/hb-50.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 7 AND 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ENERGY ASSISTANCE.	This House Substitute No. 1 for House Bill No. 50 creates the Delaware Energy Fund to provide assistance to consumers whose household income is less than 350% of the federal poverty level. Under 2025 federal guidelines, 350% of the federal poverty level for a single person is $54,775 and for a family of four is $112,525. The Delaware Energy Fund will be administered by the SEU and recipients of assistance from the fund will also be required to participate in energy savings and efficiency programs. Only one assistance payment may be made per application.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	153	HB 50	Delaware HB 50 (153)	bill		enacted	Brian Pettyjohn Bryan Townsend Bryant L. Richardson Claire Snyder-Hall Cyndie Romer Darius J. Brown Dave G. Lawson David P. Sokola Debra Heffernan Edward S. Osienski Franklin D. Cooke John "Jack" Walsh Josue O Ortega Kerri Evelyn Harris Laura V. Sturgeon Madinah Wilson-Anton Mara Gorman Marie Pinkney Melanie Ross Levin Nicole Poore Ray Seigfried Russell Huxtable Sarah McBride Spiros Mantzavinos Trey Paradee William Bush William J. Carson	3	14	4	2025-04-10	2025-07-16	openstates	ocd-bill/3fc56b83-77b0-4a05-b1cc-c6efe798053f	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=142102	34342fd5b722c87d02cbe1d411c909a990dbc6b11cbf281b698b6b7af7e6629a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 50 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 7 AND 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ENERGY ASSISTANCE.

This House Substitute No. 1 for House Bill No. 50 creates the Delaware Energy Fund to provide assistance to consumers whose household income is less than 350% of the federal poverty level. Under 2025 federal guidelines, 350% of the federal poverty level for a single person is $54,775 and for a family of four is $112,525. The Delaware Energy Fund will be administered by the SEU and recipients of assistance from the fund will also be required to participate in energy savings and efficiency programs. Only one assistance payment may be made per application.

Version chain

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

1. HA 1 to HS 1 for HB 50 (committee substitute) — source
2. HA 2 to HS 1 for HB 50 (committee substitute) — source
3. SA 1 to HS 1 for HB 50 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 27–13 (pass) · lower
• SM — 15–6 (pass) · upper
• SM — 27–12 (pass) · lower
• SM — 15–6 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
• Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
• Bryant L. Richardson — primary (person)
• Claire Snyder-Hall — primary (person)
• Cyndie Romer — primary (person)
• Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
• Dave G. Lawson — primary (person)
• David P. Sokola — primary (person)
• Debra Heffernan — primary (person)
• Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
• Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
• John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
• Josue O Ortega — primary (person)
• Kerri Evelyn Harris — primary (person)
• Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
• Madinah Wilson-Anton — primary (person)
• Mara Gorman — primary (person)
• Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
• Melanie Ross Levin — primary (person)
• Nicole Poore — primary (person)
• Ray Seigfried — primary (person)
• Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
• Sarah McBride — primary (person)
• Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
• Trey Paradee — primary (person)
• William Bush — primary (person)
• William J. Carson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-04-10 was introduced and adopted in lieu of HB 50 introduction
• 2025-04-15 Amendment HA 1 to HS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2025-04-15 Amendment HA 1 to HS 1 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2025-04-15 Passed By House. Votes: 27 YES 12 NO 2 ABSENT passage
• 2025-04-15 Assigned to Environment, Energy & Transportation Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2025-05-07 Reported Out of Committee (Environment, Energy & Transportation) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-06-05 Amendment SA 1 to HS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2025-06-24 Amendment SA 1 to HS 1 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES amendment-passage
• 2025-06-24 Passed By Senate. Votes: 15 YES 6 NO passage
• 2025-06-25 Amendment HA 2 to HS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2025-06-26 Amendment HA 2 to HS 1 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2025-06-26 Passed By House. Votes: 27 YES 13 NO 1 VACANT passage
• 2025-06-30 Passed By Senate. Votes: 15 YES 6 NO passage
• 2025-07-16 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3fc56b83-77b0-4a05-b1cc-c6efe798053f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).