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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PUBLIC DRINKING WATER SYSTEMS."
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description: "This Act requires the Division of Public Health (“Division”) to create a website where Delaware residents can find out the level of PFAS, also known as “forever chemicals,” in their public drinking water systems. This Act also requires the Division to notify public water utilities if the PFAS in their water exceeds certain limits, known as maximum containment levels, or MCLs. Water companies receiving this notice from the Division must then notify their customers that the PFAS levels in their water exceed the MCLs."
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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 72"
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citation: "Delaware SB 72 (153)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bryant L. Richardson", "Claire Snyder-Hall", "Cyndie Romer", "Darius J. Brown", "Dave G. Lawson", "David L. Wilson", "Edward S. Osienski", "Eric Morrison", "Franklin D. Cooke", "John \"Jack\" Walsh", "Kerri Evelyn Harris", "Laura V. Sturgeon", "Mara Gorman", "Marie Pinkney", "Melanie Ross Levin", "Ray Seigfried", "Russell Huxtable", "Spiros Mantzavinos", "Trey Paradee"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 11
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-03-13"
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last_action: "2025-09-19"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6279d0d0-ff04-4b05-b349-5f84085956de"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141937"
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source_hash: "17fb81d29421c6d720c0c704895d031d81b6a5e4fbf0fe875e18fc0bd59f01f3"
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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 72 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PUBLIC DRINKING WATER SYSTEMS.
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This Act requires the Division of Public Health (“Division”) to create a website where Delaware residents can find out the level of PFAS, also known as “forever chemicals,” in their public drinking water systems. This Act also requires the Division to notify public water utilities if the PFAS in their water exceeds certain limits, known as maximum containment levels, or MCLs. Water companies receiving this notice from the Division must then notify their customers that the PFAS levels in their water exceed the MCLs.
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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 72** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=142242&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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## Votes
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- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bryant L. Richardson — primary (person)
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- Claire Snyder-Hall — primary (person)
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- Cyndie Romer — primary (person)
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- Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
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- Dave G. Lawson — primary (person)
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- David L. Wilson — primary (person)
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- Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
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- Eric Morrison — primary (person)
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- Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
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- John "Jack" Walsh — 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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- Melanie Ross Levin — 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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- Trey Paradee — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-03-13** Introduced and Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-17** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 6 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-05-09** Amendment SA 1 to SB 72 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2025-05-13** Amendment SA 1 to SB 72 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-05-13** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2025-05-14** Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2025-06-18** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 2 Favorable, 7 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-06-20** Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2025-06-25** Reported Out of Committee (Appropriations) in House with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2025-06-30** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 VACANT `passage`
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- **2025-09-19** 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/6279d0d0-ff04-4b05-b349-5f84085956de`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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