republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/153/sb-159.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 26 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES.	This Act requires the permitting of an electric substation as an allowed conditional use in a heavy industrial zone under certain conditions set forth in the Act, including that the electrical substation is being constructed to support the operation of a proposed renewable energy generation project of 250 MW or greater.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	153	SB 159	Delaware SB 159 (153)	bill		enacted	Bryan Townsend Bryant L. Richardson Claire Snyder-Hall Cyndie Romer David L. Wilson David P. Sokola Edward S. Osienski Eric Morrison 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 Sarah McBride Sean M. Lynn Spiros Mantzavinos Stephanie L. Hansen Trey Paradee	2	11	3	2025-05-21	2025-06-30	openstates	ocd-bill/0d481981-827e-4ac9-8570-a1a9753d32d4	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=142363	b967877df7421606d98409e32f4c2d0a5ee36ca64ccc07dee0f3e410e630724a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware SB 159 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 26 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES.

This Act requires the permitting of an electric substation as an allowed conditional use in a heavy industrial zone under certain conditions set forth in the Act, including that the electrical substation is being constructed to support the operation of a proposed renewable energy generation project of 250 MW or greater.

Version chain

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

1. HA 1 to SB 159 (committee substitute) — source
2. SA 1 to SB 159 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 15–5 (pass) · upper
• SM — 25–15 (pass) · lower
• SM — 15–6 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
• Bryant L. Richardson — primary (person)
• Claire Snyder-Hall — primary (person)
• Cyndie Romer — primary (person)
• David L. Wilson — primary (person)
• David P. Sokola — primary (person)
• Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
• Eric Morrison — 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)
• Sarah McBride — primary (person)
• Sean M. Lynn — primary (person)
• Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
• Stephanie L. Hansen — primary (person)
• Trey Paradee — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-05-21 Introduced and Assigned to Environment, Energy & Transportation Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2025-06-06 Amendment SA 1 to SB 159 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2025-06-10 Reported Out of Committee (Environment, Energy & Transportation) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-06-10 Amendment SA 1 to SB 159 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT amendment-passage
• 2025-06-10 Passed By Senate. Votes: 15 YES 5 NO 1 ABSENT passage
• 2025-06-11 Assigned to Natural Resources & Energy Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2025-06-24 Reported Out of Committee (Natural Resources & Energy) in House with 4 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-06-30 Amendment HA 1 to SB 159 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2025-06-30 Passed By House. Votes: 25 YES 15 NO 1 VACANT passage
• 2025-06-30 Passed By Senate. Votes: 15 YES 6 NO passage
• 2025-06-30 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0d481981-827e-4ac9-8570-a1a9753d32d4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).