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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 26 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITY RATES."
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description: "This Act provides the Public Service Commission with the flexibility to consider and approve a discounted gas or electric residential utility rate for qualified low-income customers, provided the discount is 20% of standard residential distribution rates. This permits low-income customers to receive utility distribution services at a lower cost. A utility offering a discounted low-income rate is responsible for annually determining customer eligibility in cooperation with the Department of Health and Social Services. The Public Service Commission must review any discount rate approved under this Act every five years to determine if the discount rate should be re-authorized."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "153"
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identifier: "HB 116"
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citation: "Delaware HB 116 (153)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bryant L. Richardson", "Claire Snyder-Hall", "Debra Heffernan", "Eric Morrison", "Franklin D. Cooke", "Josue O Ortega", "Mara Gorman", "Marie Pinkney", "Melanie Ross Levin", "Nicole Poore", "Sarah McBride", "Spiros Mantzavinos", "Trey Paradee", "William Bush"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 9
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2025-06-05"
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last_action: "2025-07-16"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/77cfb817-fceb-4ffb-90be-c580ec210b08"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=142439"
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source_hash: "c006776040c108f410f036e879b8b1ab470f3b3fd1965e5fbd16c8b6772c6cb0"
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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 116 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 26 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITY RATES.
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This Act provides the Public Service Commission with the flexibility to consider and approve a discounted gas or electric residential utility rate for qualified low-income customers, provided the discount is 20% of standard residential distribution rates. This permits low-income customers to receive utility distribution services at a lower cost. A utility offering a discounted low-income rate is responsible for annually determining customer eligibility in cooperation with the Department of Health and Social Services. The Public Service Commission must review any discount rate approved under this Act every five years to determine if the discount rate should be re-authorized.
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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. **SA 1 to HS 2 for HB 116** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=142615&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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## Votes
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- SM — **15–6** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **26–14** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **26–13** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bryant L. Richardson — primary (person)
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- Claire Snyder-Hall — primary (person)
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- Debra Heffernan — primary (person)
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- Eric Morrison — primary (person)
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- Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
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- Josue O Ortega — primary (person)
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- Mara Gorman — primary (person)
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- Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
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- Melanie Ross Levin — primary (person)
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- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
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- Sarah McBride — primary (person)
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- Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
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- Trey Paradee — primary (person)
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- William Bush — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-06-05** was introduced and adopted in lieu of HB 116 `introduction`
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- **2025-06-10** Passed By House. Votes: 26 YES 13 NO 2 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2025-06-10** Assigned to Environment, Energy & Transportation Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2025-06-24** Amendment SA 1 to HS 2 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2025-06-25** Reported Out of Committee (Environment, Energy & Transportation) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-06-26** Amendment SA 1 to HS 2 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 18 YES 3 NO `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-06-26** Passed By Senate. Votes: 15 YES 6 NO `passage`
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- **2025-06-30** Passed By House. Votes: 26 YES 14 NO 1 VACANT `passage`
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- **2025-07-16** 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/77cfb817-fceb-4ffb-90be-c580ec210b08`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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