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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 7 AND 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ENERGY ASSISTANCE."
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description: "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."
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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 50"
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citation: "Delaware HB 50 (153)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["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"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 14
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2025-04-10"
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last_action: "2025-07-16"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3fc56b83-77b0-4a05-b1cc-c6efe798053f"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=142102"
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source_hash: "34342fd5b722c87d02cbe1d411c909a990dbc6b11cbf281b698b6b7af7e6629a"
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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 50 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 7 AND 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ENERGY ASSISTANCE.
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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.
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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 HS 1 for HB 50** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=142126&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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2. **HA 2 to HS 1 for HB 50** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=142624&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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3. **SA 1 to HS 1 for HB 50** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=142448&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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## Votes
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- SM — **27–13** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **15–6** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **27–12** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **15–6** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
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- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
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- Bryant L. Richardson — primary (person)
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- Claire Snyder-Hall — 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 P. Sokola — primary (person)
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- Debra Heffernan — primary (person)
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- Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
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- Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
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- John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
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- Josue O Ortega — primary (person)
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- Kerri Evelyn Harris — primary (person)
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- Laura V. Sturgeon — 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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- Sarah McBride — primary (person)
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- Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
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- Trey Paradee — primary (person)
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- William Bush — primary (person)
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- William J. Carson — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-04-10** was introduced and adopted in lieu of HB 50 `introduction`
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- **2025-04-15** Amendment HA 1 to HS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2025-04-15** Amendment HA 1 to HS 1 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-04-15** Passed By House. Votes: 27 YES 12 NO 2 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2025-04-15** Assigned to Environment, Energy & Transportation Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2025-05-07** Reported Out of Committee (Environment, Energy & Transportation) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-06-05** Amendment SA 1 to HS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2025-06-24** Amendment SA 1 to HS 1 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-06-24** Passed By Senate. Votes: 15 YES 6 NO `passage`
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- **2025-06-25** Amendment HA 2 to HS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2025-06-26** Amendment HA 2 to HS 1 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-06-26** Passed By House. Votes: 27 YES 13 NO 1 VACANT `passage`
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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/3fc56b83-77b0-4a05-b1cc-c6efe798053f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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