republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/149/hb-190.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 7 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE COASTAL ZONE ACT."
description: "This Act, which shall be known as the Coastal Zone Conversion Permit Act, makes changes to the Coastal Zone Act (“CZA”), which has not been significantly updated since its enactment almost a half century ago. The CZA, enacted in 1971, has enabled Delaware to preserve and protect our coastline, one of Delaware’s greatest natural resources. However, the CZA has also allowed property that has been in use by heavy industry for nearly 50 years, most suitable for similar industrial uses, to go unused unless the owner is willing to engage in the same heavy industry use or to use the property for manufacturing."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "149"
identifier: "HB 190"
citation: "Delaware HB 190 (149)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian Pettyjohn", "Bryan Townsend", "Debra Heffernan", "Edward S. Osienski", "Ronald E. Gray"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-05-18"
last_action: "2017-08-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/68ef4a07-b76a-4b53-8074-6e821dd039d2"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25820"
source_hash: "da9ca2c9dba445721345d95687d406c14f26be6d8cb9b5227b0a9509888bafe4"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
---

# Delaware HB 190 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 7 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE COASTAL ZONE ACT.

This Act, which shall be known as the Coastal Zone Conversion Permit Act, makes changes to the Coastal Zone Act (“CZA”), which has not been significantly updated since its enactment almost a half century ago. The CZA, enacted in 1971, has enabled Delaware to preserve and protect our coastline, one of Delaware’s greatest natural resources. However, the CZA has also allowed property that has been in use by heavy industry for nearly 50 years, most suitable for similar industrial uses, to go unused unless the owner is willing to engage in the same heavy industry use or to use the property for manufacturing.

## Version chain

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

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=25820&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB190)

## Votes

- SM — **18–2** (pass) · upper
- SM — **34–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
- Debra Heffernan — primary (person)
- Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
- Ronald E. Gray — primary (person)
- Bryon H. Short — cosponsor (person)
- Charles Potter Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Charles S Postles Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel B. Short — cosponsor (person)
- David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Deborah Hudson — cosponsor (person)
- Harvey R. Kenton — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff N. Spiegelman — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph E. Miro — cosponsor (person)
- Lyndon D. Yearick — cosponsor (person)
- Richard G. Collins — cosponsor (person)
- Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy D. Dukes — cosponsor (person)
- William R. Outten — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-05-18** Introduced and Assigned to Natural Resources Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-06-06** Amendment HA 1 to HB 190 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2017-06-07** Reported Out of Committee (Natural Resources) in House with 8 On Its Merits, 1 Unfavorable `committee-passage, committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2017-06-14** Amendment HA 2 to HB 190 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2017-06-20** Amendment HA 4 to HB 190 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2017-06-20** Amendment HA 6 to HB 190 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2017-06-20** Amendment HA 3 to HB 190 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2017-06-20** Amendment HA 5 to HB 190 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2017-06-20** Amendment HA 1 to HB 190 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2017-06-20** Amendment HA 2 to HB 190 - Stricken in House
- **2017-06-20** Amendment HA 3 to HB 190 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2017-06-20** Amendment HA 4 to HB 190 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2017-06-20** Amendment HA 5 to HB 190 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2017-06-20** Amendment HA 6 to HB 190 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2017-06-20** Amendment HA 7 to HB 190 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2017-06-20** Passed By House. Votes: 34 YES 7 NO `passage`
- **2017-06-20** Assigned to Environmental, Natural Resources & Energy Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-06-28** Reported Out of Committee (Environmental, Natural Resources & Energy) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2017-06-29** Passed By Senate. Votes: 18 YES 2 NO 1 NOT VOTING `passage`
- **2017-08-02** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/68ef4a07-b76a-4b53-8074-6e821dd039d2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).