Delaware House Bill 98

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Passed on July 21 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-07-21 - Signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #2) [HTML]

This Act creates certain uniform, minimum requirements for public notice related to permits and permit renewals issued by the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control. In particular, the notice must include instructions for electronic submission of public comment or request for hearing, the permit application to which the notice applies must be available electronically and a link to a page where the application may be accessed electronically shall be provided in the text of the notice, a copy of the notice shall be posted on the Department's website in addition to whatever other means of delivery is required for the notice, and elected officials whose district includes the location of the permitted activity must be individually notified by e-mail. Where the application materials are too voluminous to post online the Department may provide instructions for alternative access.

An Act To Amend Titles 7 And 29 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Notice Requirements For Dnrec Permits.

Rep. Kimberly Williams [D]	Sen. Jack Walsh [D]	Rep. Larry Lambert [D]	Sen. Eric Buckson [R]
Sen. Kyle Gay [D]	Sen. Gerald Hocker [R]	Sen. David Lawson [R]	Sen. Brian Pettyjohn [R]
Sen. Bryant Richardson [R]	Sen. David Sokola [D]	Sen. David Wilson [R]	Rep. Paul Baumbach [D]
Rep. William Carson [D]	Rep. Richard Collins [R]	Rep. Krista Griffith [D]	Rep. Debra Heffernan [D]
Rep. Jeff Hilovsky [R]	Rep. Eric Morrison [D]	Rep. Edward Osienski [D]	Rep. Sophie Phillips [D]
Rep. Charles Postles [R]	Rep. Michael Smith [R]

2023-06-27 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 19 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2023-06-21 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-07-21		Signed by Governor
2023-06-27		Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT
2023-06-22		Reported Out of Committee (Environment, Energy & Transportation) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits
2023-06-21		Assigned to Environment, Energy & Transportation Committee in Senate
2023-06-21		Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT
2023-06-07		Reported Out of Committee (Natural Resources & Energy) in House with 4 Favorable, 6 On Its Merits
2023-06-01		Adopted in lieu of the original bill HB 98, and Assigned to Natural Resources & Energy Committee in House

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Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#54882