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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 22 AND 26 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE TERMINATION OF UTILITY SERVICES."
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description: "This Act updates the law relating to the termination of utility services to a dwelling unit by adopting and expanding state regulations concerning the termination of heating and cooling services. Among other things, this Act does the following:"
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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 62"
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citation: "Delaware HB 62 (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", "Claire Snyder-Hall", "Cyndie Romer", "Dave G. Lawson", "David L. Wilson", "David P. Sokola", "Edward S. Osienski", "Eric Morrison", "John \"Jack\" Walsh", "Josue O Ortega", "Kerri Evelyn Harris", "Madinah Wilson-Anton", "Mara Gorman", "Marie Pinkney", "Melanie Ross Levin", "Ray Seigfried", "Russell Huxtable", "Spiros Mantzavinos", "Trey Paradee", "William Bush"]
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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: "2025-03-20"
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last_action: "2025-05-22"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0d05f4b4-9817-4e56-875a-a4dc6764de87"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141977"
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source_hash: "5dd1501e3ecbaf0dfcc6b3bd1d8a90ba71db5630616ffa4f0483ce1f907dd912"
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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 62 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 22 AND 26 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE TERMINATION OF UTILITY SERVICES.
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This Act updates the law relating to the termination of utility services to a dwelling unit by adopting and expanding state regulations concerning the termination of heating and cooling services. Among other things, this Act does the following:
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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 62** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=142077&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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## Votes
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- SM — **20–0** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **28–12** (pass) · lower
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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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- Claire Snyder-Hall — primary (person)
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- Cyndie Romer — 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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- 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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- 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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- Ray Seigfried — primary (person)
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- Russell Huxtable — 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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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-03-20** Adopted in lieu of the original bill HB 62, and Assigned to Natural Resources & Energy Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-26** Reported Out of Committee (Natural Resources & Energy) in House with 10 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2025-04-08** Amendment HA 1 to HS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2025-04-08** Amendment HA 1 to HS 1 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-04-08** Passed By House. Votes: 28 YES 12 NO 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2025-04-08** Assigned to Environment, Energy & Transportation Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2025-05-14** Reported Out of Committee (Environment, Energy & Transportation) in Senate with 4 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-05-20** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2025-05-22** 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/0d05f4b4-9817-4e56-875a-a4dc6764de87`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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