republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/153/sb-59.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 26 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND UTILITY RATES.	Public utilities are regulated monopolies. Practically speaking, a public utility has no competition in its service territory and, therefore, does not face the economic risks that a for-profit, non-utility company must face. By law, a public utility is authorized the opportunity to earn a reasonable rate of return on the costs it incurs in operating its business.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	153	SB 59	Delaware SB 59 (153)	bill		enacted	Brian Pettyjohn Bryan Townsend Bryant L. Richardson Claire Snyder-Hall David L. Wilson David P. Sokola Eric Morrison Franklin D. Cooke Josue O Ortega Kerri Evelyn Harris Laura V. Sturgeon Mara Gorman Marie Pinkney Nicole Poore Ray Seigfried Russell Huxtable Spiros Mantzavinos Stell Parker Selby Stephanie L. Hansen William Bush William J. Carson	0	7	2	2025-02-21	2025-07-16	openstates	ocd-bill/e80060c9-0b85-4f39-9661-9e24d55f66a9	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141866	0c538492c3aa1fd9eb81caf3e7192b4506975f5b559a08ec57e4001722195ab7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware SB 59 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 26 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND UTILITY RATES.

Public utilities are regulated monopolies. Practically speaking, a public utility has no competition in its service territory and, therefore, does not face the economic risks that a for-profit, non-utility company must face. By law, a public utility is authorized the opportunity to earn a reasonable rate of return on the costs it incurs in operating its business.

Version chain

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

Votes

• SM — 19–0 (pass) · upper
• SM — 39–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
• Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
• Bryant L. Richardson — primary (person)
• Claire Snyder-Hall — primary (person)
• David L. Wilson — primary (person)
• David P. Sokola — primary (person)
• Eric Morrison — primary (person)
• Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
• Josue O Ortega — primary (person)
• Kerri Evelyn Harris — primary (person)
• Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
• Mara Gorman — primary (person)
• Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
• Nicole Poore — primary (person)
• Ray Seigfried — primary (person)
• Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
• Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
• Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)
• Stephanie L. Hansen — primary (person)
• William Bush — primary (person)
• William J. Carson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-21 Introduced and Assigned to Environment, Energy & Transportation Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2025-03-12 Reported Out of Committee (Environment, Energy & Transportation) in Senate with 5 Favorable committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-20 Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT passage
• 2025-03-25 Assigned to Natural Resources & Energy Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2025-04-09 Reported Out of Committee (Natural Resources & Energy) in House with 9 On Its Merits, 1 Unfavorable committee-passage, committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2025-06-26 Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 1 ABSENT 1 VACANT passage
• 2025-07-16 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e80060c9-0b85-4f39-9661-9e24d55f66a9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).