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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 6 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE CERTIFICATION OF ADOPTION OF SUSTAINABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY STANDARDS BY DELAWARE ENTITIES."
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description: "The Certification of Adoption of Sustainability and Transparency Standards Act (the “Act”) establishes a voluntary disclosure regime to foster dialogue around sustainability and responsibility among participating Delaware business entities and their various stakeholders. Because issues relating to sustainability and responsibility are fact-specific and fact-intensive and may vary greatly depending on, among other things, the size of the entity, the nature of its business and operations, and the industry in which it operates, the Act does not prescribe specific standards, measures of performance or criteria for evaluating performance. Rather, consistent with the enabling approach of Delaware business laws generally, the Act requires the governing body of each entity seeking certification under the Act to adopt principles, guidelines and standards to guide its business activities in a sustainable and responsible manner, as well as metrics for assessing whether it has met its objectives."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "149"
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identifier: "HB 310"
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citation: "Delaware HB 310 (149)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Harris B. McDowell", "Melanie George Smith"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2018-01-25"
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last_action: "2018-06-27"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2d1d47e9-1496-4491-83da-d926941646fb"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26304"
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source_hash: "6d7e4bfa77c8ba830b552d6539866ac4dbc176f949d002e60d1cfc927234e21d"
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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 HB 310 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 6 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE CERTIFICATION OF ADOPTION OF SUSTAINABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY STANDARDS BY DELAWARE ENTITIES.
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The Certification of Adoption of Sustainability and Transparency Standards Act (the “Act”) establishes a voluntary disclosure regime to foster dialogue around sustainability and responsibility among participating Delaware business entities and their various stakeholders. Because issues relating to sustainability and responsibility are fact-specific and fact-intensive and may vary greatly depending on, among other things, the size of the entity, the nature of its business and operations, and the industry in which it operates, the Act does not prescribe specific standards, measures of performance or criteria for evaluating performance. Rather, consistent with the enabling approach of Delaware business laws generally, the Act requires the governing body of each entity seeking certification under the Act to adopt principles, guidelines and standards to guide its business activities in a sustainable and responsible manner, as well as metrics for assessing whether it has met its objectives.
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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. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=26304&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB310)
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## Votes
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- 3/5 — **39–1** (pass) · lower
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- 3/5 — **13–4** (pass) · upper
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- 3/5 — **37–2** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Harris B. McDowell — primary (person)
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- Melanie George Smith — primary (person)
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- Bryon H. Short — cosponsor (person)
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- Charles Potter Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Daniel B. Short — cosponsor (person)
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- David Bentz — cosponsor (person)
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- David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
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- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
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- Deborah Hudson — cosponsor (person)
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- Debra Heffernan — cosponsor (person)
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- Earl G. Jaques Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
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- Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
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- Harvey R. Kenton — cosponsor (person)
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- Helene M. Keeley — cosponsor (person)
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- James Johnson — cosponsor (person)
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- Jeff N. Spiegelman — cosponsor (person)
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- John J. Viola — cosponsor (person)
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- John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
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- John Walsh — cosponsor (person)
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- Lyndon D. Yearick — cosponsor (person)
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- Margaret Rose Henry — cosponsor (person)
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- Michael Mulrooney — cosponsor (person)
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- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
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- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — cosponsor (person)
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- Quinton Johnson — cosponsor (person)
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- Ronald E. Gray — cosponsor (person)
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- Stephanie T. Bolden — cosponsor (person)
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- Trey Charles Paradee — cosponsor (person)
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- Valerie Longhurst — cosponsor (person)
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- William J. Carson — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-01-25** Introduced in House and Assigned to Judiciary Committee `introduction`
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- **2018-03-28** Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 4 Favorable, 6 On Its Merits `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2018-03-29** Amendment HA 1 to HB 310 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2018-05-08** Amendment HA 2 to HB 310 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2018-05-08** Amendment HA 1 to HB 310 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2018-05-08** Amendment HA 2 to HB 310 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2018-05-08** Passed By House. Votes: 37 YES 2 NO 2 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2018-05-10** Assigned to Judicial & Community Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2018-06-07** Reported Out of Committee (Judicial & Community Affairs) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2018-06-14** Amendment SA 1 to HB 310 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 15 YES 1 NO 5 ABSENT `amendment-passage`
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- **2018-06-14** Laid On Table in Senate
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- **2018-06-26** Lifted From Table in Senate
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- **2018-06-26** Passed By Senate. Votes: 13 YES 4 NO 4 NOT VOTING `passage`
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- **2018-06-27** Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 1 NO 1 NOT VOTING `passage`
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- **2018-06-27** 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/2d1d47e9-1496-4491-83da-d926941646fb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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