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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE USE OF POLYSTYRENE FOAM FOOD SERVICE PACKAGING IN LEVEL IV AND LEVEL V DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION FACILITIES."
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description: "This Act exempts food served in Level IV and Level V correctional facilities from restrictions on the use of polystyrene foam food service packaging. Scheduled to go into effect on July 1, 2025, § 3004Q of Title 16 prohibits food establishments from providing ready-to-eat food in polystyrene foam food service packaging. This prohibition would create significant hardships and increase costs for the Department of Correction (“Department”), which uses polystyrene foam food service packaging in the course of providing over 14,000 meals per day to Department inmates."
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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: "SB 178"
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citation: "Delaware SB 178 (153)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Franklin D. Cooke", "Marie Pinkney"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 8
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-06-05"
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last_action: "2025-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/45bd0727-1c09-43e2-873b-ee402ae3e4dc"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=142442"
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source_hash: "e418447df4c083f584a2ce4e7222ae2028d2eda45c9b0ff6d44ce9eb3276e770"
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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 SB 178 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE USE OF POLYSTYRENE FOAM FOOD SERVICE PACKAGING IN LEVEL IV AND LEVEL V DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION FACILITIES.
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This Act exempts food served in Level IV and Level V correctional facilities from restrictions on the use of polystyrene foam food service packaging. Scheduled to go into effect on July 1, 2025, § 3004Q of Title 16 prohibits food establishments from providing ready-to-eat food in polystyrene foam food service packaging. This prohibition would create significant hardships and increase costs for the Department of Correction (“Department”), which uses polystyrene foam food service packaging in the course of providing over 14,000 meals per day to Department inmates.
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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. **SA 1 to SB 178** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=142524&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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## Votes
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- SM — **19–0** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **38–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
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- Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-06-05** Introduced and Assigned to Corrections & Public Safety Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2025-06-11** Reported Out of Committee (Corrections & Public Safety) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2025-06-12** Amendment SA 1 to SB 178 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-06-12** Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2025-06-12** Assigned to Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2025-06-17** Reported Out of Committee (Public Safety & Homeland Security) in House with 6 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2025-06-25** Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 2 ABSENT 1 VACANT `passage`
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- **2025-07-01** 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/45bd0727-1c09-43e2-873b-ee402ae3e4dc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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