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---
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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 7 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DELAWARE HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE CLEANUP ACT."
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description: "This Act amends the Delaware Hazardous Substance Control Act to reflect recent amendments to the federal Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA). This Act protects state, county, and municipal government entities from being deemed liable as “owners or operators” of hazardous substance release sites when they take title to or control of such properties through the exercise of their lawful governmental powers."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "150"
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identifier: "HB 208"
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citation: "Delaware HB 208 (150)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Debra Heffernan", "Stephanie L. Hansen"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 6
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2019-06-11"
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last_action: "2019-07-31"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0d8f643a-c1e9-4158-a644-796a405dc847"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=47660"
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source_hash: "74cc582905f4f296b61302a14a63ea0e6f7e58d39fdf642f2d6b2e71101bd6fa"
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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 208 (150) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 7 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DELAWARE HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE CLEANUP ACT.
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This Act amends the Delaware Hazardous Substance Control Act to reflect recent amendments to the federal Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA). This Act protects state, county, and municipal government entities from being deemed liable as “owners or operators” of hazardous substance release sites when they take title to or control of such properties through the exercise of their lawful governmental powers.
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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=47660&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB208)
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## Votes
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- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **41–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Debra Heffernan — primary (person)
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- Stephanie L. Hansen — primary (person)
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- Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
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- David Bentz — cosponsor (person)
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- David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
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- Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-06-11** Introduced and Assigned to Natural Resources Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2019-06-19** Reported Out of Committee (Natural Resources) in House with 1 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2019-06-25** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
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- **2019-06-30** Suspension of Rules in Senate
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- **2019-06-30** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2019-07-31** 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/0d8f643a-c1e9-4158-a644-796a405dc847`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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