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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 7 RELATING TO THE HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE CLEANUP ACT."
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description: "This Act stabilizes revenue for the Hazardous Substances Cleanup Act (\"HSCA\") Fund (\"the Fund\") by minimizing the wide swings in revenue due to oil prices changes. Under this Act, the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (\"the Department\") is prevented from receiving a revenue windfall when oil prices rise, while minimum funding for the Brownfields Grant Program is protected when oil prices are low. The legislation ties HSCA funding to a median benchmark and authorizes the Division of Revenue to adjust the tax rate up or down for the following year to smooth the revenue stream and avoid the roller coaster effect of oil price changes."
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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 451"
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citation: "Delaware HB 451 (149)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["John Walsh", "Stephanie T. Bolden"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 10
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2018-06-12"
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last_action: "2018-09-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d4ac44df-bcea-4539-bc1f-fe604a7ee244"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26803"
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source_hash: "15b8e1547af76aff13de864a14a1b69ec69ae8a2149eb310ac5dad3fb34cb1fa"
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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 451 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 7 RELATING TO THE HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE CLEANUP ACT.
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This Act stabilizes revenue for the Hazardous Substances Cleanup Act ("HSCA") Fund ("the Fund") by minimizing the wide swings in revenue due to oil prices changes. Under this Act, the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control ("the Department") is prevented from receiving a revenue windfall when oil prices rise, while minimum funding for the Brownfields Grant Program is protected when oil prices are low. The legislation ties HSCA funding to a median benchmark and authorizes the Division of Revenue to adjust the tax rate up or down for the following year to smooth the revenue stream and avoid the roller coaster effect of oil price changes.
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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=26803&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB451)
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## Votes
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- 3/5 — **13–8** (pass) · upper
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- 3/5 — **40–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- John Walsh — primary (person)
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- Stephanie T. Bolden — primary (person)
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- Andria L. Bennett — cosponsor (person)
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- Anthony Delcollo — cosponsor (person)
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- Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
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- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
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- Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
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- Jeff N. Spiegelman — cosponsor (person)
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- Timothy D. Dukes — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-06-12** Introduced and Assigned to Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability) Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2018-06-20** Reported Out of Committee (Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability)) in House with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2018-06-26** Amendment HA 1 to HB 451 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2018-06-26** Amendment HA 1 to HB 451 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2018-06-26** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2018-06-26** Assigned to Environmental, Natural Resources & Energy Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2018-06-30** Laid On Table in Senate
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- **2018-07-01** Lifted From Table in Senate
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- **2018-07-01** Passed By Senate. Votes: 13 YES 8 NO `passage`
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- **2018-09-13** 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/d4ac44df-bcea-4539-bc1f-fe604a7ee244`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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