republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/151/hb-8.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DRINKING WATER."
description: "This Act mandates that the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control and the Division of Public Health establish maximum contaminant levels for specific contaminants found in drinking water in this state. Such contaminants include PFOA and PFOS, which are man-made chemicals. In certain studies, these chemicals were found to be associated with increased risks of chronic diseases. The Environmental Protection Agency, thus far, has not established a maximum contaminant levels, but have issued health advisories. The establishment of maximum contaminant levels is essential in order to protect the health and safety of all Delawareans from contaminants in drinking water."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "151"
identifier: "HB 8"
citation: "Delaware HB 8 (151)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Andria L. Bennett", "Bryan Townsend", "Bryan W. Shupe", "Daniel B. Short", "Debra Heffernan", "Kendra Johnson", "Krista Griffith", "Marie Pinkney", "Melissa Minor-Brown", "Stephanie L. Hansen", "Trey Paradee", "Valerie Longhurst"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-03-11"
last_action: "2021-10-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/74d4c16e-504b-4631-856f-ad8e7c428898"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=48449"
source_hash: "1d059030b16058229d03a55c25a659c9b73541f98de800c3bc07d577849eb861"
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 8 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DRINKING WATER.

This Act mandates that the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control and the Division of Public Health establish maximum contaminant levels for specific contaminants found in drinking water in this state. Such contaminants include PFOA and PFOS, which are man-made chemicals. In certain studies, these chemicals were found to be associated with increased risks of chronic diseases. The Environmental Protection Agency, thus far, has not established a maximum contaminant levels, but have issued health advisories. The establishment of maximum contaminant levels is essential in order to protect the health and safety of all Delawareans from contaminants in drinking water.

## 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=48449&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB8)
2. **HA 2 to HB 8** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=68650&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
3. **SA 1 to HB 8** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=68724&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)

## Votes

- SM — **41–0** (pass) · lower
- SM — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Andria L. Bennett — primary (person)
- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
- Bryan W. Shupe — primary (person)
- Daniel B. Short — primary (person)
- Debra Heffernan — primary (person)
- Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
- Krista Griffith — primary (person)
- Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
- Melissa Minor-Brown — primary (person)
- Stephanie L. Hansen — primary (person)
- Trey Paradee — primary (person)
- Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
- Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
- Franklin D. Cooke — cosponsor (person)
- Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
- John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Lambert — cosponsor (person)
- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
- Ronald E. Gray — cosponsor (person)
- Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
- Sean M. Lynn — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie T. Bolden — cosponsor (person)
- William J. Carson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-11** Introduced and Assigned to Natural Resources Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-23** Amendment HA 1 to HB 8 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-03-23** Reported Out of Committee (Natural Resources) in House with 4 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-29** Amendment HA 1 to HB 8 - Stricken in House
- **2021-04-29** Amendment HA 2 to HB 8 - Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-29** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
- **2021-04-29** Assigned to Environment & Energy Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-18** Amendment SA 1 to HB 8 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-05-20** Reported Out of Committee (Environment & Energy) in Senate with 4 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-20** Amendment SA 1 to HB 8 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-20** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2021-06-08** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2021-10-20** 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/74d4c16e-504b-4631-856f-ad8e7c428898`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).