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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: "This Act requires the Delaware Public Service Commission to ensure that all regulated utilities do not use customer funds to subsidize unregulated activities for example, lobbying activities, political contributions, charitable contributions, and certain advertising and public relations activities. This Act places a cap on annual capital expenses in the amount of $125 million for electric distribution companies. This Act also contains a severability clause."
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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 60"
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citation: "Delaware SB 60 (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", "Eric Morrison", "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: 2
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 3
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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/2ab726f4-49e9-48a3-bbb7-f033894b8cad"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141867"
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source_hash: "432ee9cc904d8baa4734015bb42960ff05ab3471a5b06cc5e524b3adb7af9ebe"
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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 60 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 26 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND UTILITY RATES.
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This Act requires the Delaware Public Service Commission to ensure that all regulated utilities do not use customer funds to subsidize unregulated activities for example, lobbying activities, political contributions, charitable contributions, and certain advertising and public relations activities. This Act places a cap on annual capital expenses in the amount of $125 million for electric distribution companies. This Act also contains a severability clause.
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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. **HA 2 to SB 60** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=142606&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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2. **SA 2 to SB 60** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=141968&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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## Votes
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- SM — **29–9** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **19–0** (pass) · upper
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- 2/3 — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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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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- Eric Morrison — 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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- **2025-03-11** Amendment SA 1 to SB 60 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2025-03-12** Reported Out of Committee (Environment, Energy & Transportation) in Senate with 4 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-19** Amendment SA 2 to SB 60 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2025-03-20** Amendment SA 1 to SB 60 - Stricken in Senate
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- **2025-03-20** Amendment SA 2 to SB 60 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT `amendment-passage`
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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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- **2025-06-18** Amendment HA 1 to SB 60 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2025-06-24** Amendment HA 2 to SB 60 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2025-06-24** Reported Out of Committee (Natural Resources & Energy) in House with 4 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-06-25** Amendment HA 1 to SB 60 - Stricken in House
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- **2025-06-25** Amendment HA 2 to SB 60 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-06-25** Passed By House. Votes: 29 YES 9 NO 2 ABSENT 1 VACANT `passage`
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- **2025-06-26** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `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/2ab726f4-49e9-48a3-bbb7-f033894b8cad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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