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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 16 AND 25 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO LEAD-BASED PAINT."
description: "In addition to other changes, this Substitute requires that a feasibility study be completed by March 1, 2026, a year before the remainder of this Act will be enforced. It also adds 5 additional members to the Committee issuing the feasibility review and appoints the Director of DSHA, or the Directors designee, as the chair of this Committee. It also directs the Committee to answer a number of specific questions about the feasibility of this Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "153"
identifier: "HB 70"
citation: "Delaware HB 70 (153)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kerri Evelyn Harris", "Marie Pinkney", "Spiros Mantzavinos"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-06-20"
last_action: "2025-07-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e27d8b29-0d79-4092-aff9-c66443c020c0"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=142590"
source_hash: "a8e32bee60984e009de290ca1b5aa9cb9379e7003c2e4122126d4e351c14d473"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
---
# Delaware HB 70 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 16 AND 25 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO LEAD-BASED PAINT.
In addition to other changes, this Substitute requires that a feasibility study be completed by March 1, 2026, a year before the remainder of this Act will be enforced. It also adds 5 additional members to the Committee issuing the feasibility review and appoints the Director of DSHA, or the Directors designee, as the chair of this Committee. It also directs the Committee to answer a number of specific questions about the feasibility of this Act.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **HA 1 to HS 2 for HB 70** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=142610&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
2. **SA 2 to HS 2 for HB 70** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=142674&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
## Votes
- SM — **2612** (pass) · lower
- SM — **2611** (pass) · lower
- SM — **156** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Kerri Evelyn Harris — primary (person)
- Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
- Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-06-20** was introduced and adopted in lieu of HB 70 `introduction`
- **2025-06-24** Amendment HA 1 to HS 2 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-06-24** Amendment HA 1 to HS 2 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2025-06-24** Passed By House. Votes: 26 YES 12 NO 2 NOT VOTING 1 VACANT `passage`
- **2025-06-24** Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-06-26** Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-30** Amendment SA 1 to HS 2 - Stricken in Senate
- **2025-06-30** Amendment SA 2 to HS 2 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `amendment-passage`
- **2025-06-30** Passed By Senate. Votes: 15 YES 6 NO `passage`
- **2025-06-30** Passed By House. Votes: 26 YES 11 NO 2 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT 1 VACANT `passage`
- **2025-07-21** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e27d8b29-0d79-4092-aff9-c66443c020c0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).