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SB 305 Delaware Senate · 151st General Assembly (2021-2022)

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 7 AND 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CLIMATE CHANGE.

Summary
This Act, known as the Delaware Climate Change Solutions Act, follows the issuance of Delaware’s Climate Action Plan in 2021, and establishes a statutory requirement of greenhouse gas emissions reductions over the medium and long term to mitigate the adverse effects of climate change due to anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions on the State, establishing a mandatory and regularly updated plan to achieve those emissions reductions and develop resilience strategies for the State, and requires State agencies to address climate change in decision-making and rulemaking.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jun 2022
Committee Review
Jun 2022
Senate Passage
Jun 2022
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Jun 2, 2022 Last action Jun 14, 2022
Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
7
Key actions
3
Committee
1
Amendments
3
Jun 14, 2022
Introduced
Amendment HA 1 to SB 305 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
upper
Jun 10, 2022
Introduced
Assigned to Natural Resources Committee in House
lower
Jun 9, 2022
Upper · Passed
Passed By Senate. Votes: 13 YES 6 NO 1 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT
upper
Jun 9, 2022
Upper · Passed
Amendment SA 1 to SB 305 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT
upper
Jun 9, 2022
Introduced
Amendment SA 1 to SB 305 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
upper
Jun 8, 2022
Upper · Passed
Reported Out of Committee (Environment & Energy) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits, 1 Unfavorable
upper
Jun 2, 2022
Introduced
Introduced and Assigned to Environment & Energy Committee in Senate
upper
4 primary · 21 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Debra Heffernan
Debra Heffernan
DDemocratic
DE
6
P
Photo of Rae Moore
Rae Moore
DDemocratic
DE
8
P
Photo of Sherry Dorsey Walker
Sherry Dorsey Walker
DDemocratic
DE
3
P
Photo of Stephanie Hansen
Stephanie Hansen
DDemocratic
DE
10
Co
Photo of Bryan Townsend
Bryan Townsend
DDemocratic
DE
11
Co
CB
Charles "Bud" M. Freel
DDemocratic
DE
4
Co
Photo of Dave Sokola
Dave Sokola
DDemocratic
DE
8
Co
DB
David Bentz
DDemocratic
DE
18
Co
Photo of Ed Osienski
Ed Osienski
DDemocratic
DE
24
Co
Photo of Eric Morrison
Eric Morrison
DDemocratic
DE
27
Co
Photo of Frank Cooke
Frank Cooke
DDemocratic
DE
16
Co
JA
John A. Kowalko
DDemocratic
DE
25
Co
JL
John L. Mitchell
DDemocratic
DE
13
Co
Photo of Kim Williams
Kim Williams
DDemocratic
DE
19