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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 26 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND UTILITY RATES."
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description: "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."
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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 59"
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citation: "Delaware SB 59 (153)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["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"]
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version_count: 0
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action_count: 7
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-02-21"
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last_action: "2025-07-16"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e80060c9-0b85-4f39-9661-9e24d55f66a9"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141866"
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source_hash: "0c538492c3aa1fd9eb81caf3e7192b4506975f5b559a08ec57e4001722195ab7"
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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 59 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 26 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND UTILITY RATES.
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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.
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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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## Votes
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- SM — **19–0** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **39–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
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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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- David L. Wilson — primary (person)
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- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
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- Eric Morrison — primary (person)
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- Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
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- Josue O Ortega — primary (person)
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- Kerri Evelyn Harris — primary (person)
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- Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
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- Mara Gorman — primary (person)
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- Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
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- Nicole Poore — 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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- Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)
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- Stephanie L. Hansen — primary (person)
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- William Bush — primary (person)
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- William J. Carson — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-21** Introduced and Assigned to Environment, Energy & Transportation Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-12** Reported Out of Committee (Environment, Energy & Transportation) in Senate with 5 Favorable `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-20** Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2025-03-25** Assigned to Natural Resources & Energy Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-09** Reported Out of Committee (Natural Resources & Energy) in House with 9 On Its Merits, 1 Unfavorable `committee-passage, committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2025-06-26** Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 1 ABSENT 1 VACANT `passage`
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- **2025-07-16** 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/e80060c9-0b85-4f39-9661-9e24d55f66a9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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