Delaware House Bill 161

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-3)
Status: Passed on July 21 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-07-21 - Signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

This Act allows the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control to assist more small businesses and organizations in making energy efficiency improvements to their facilities by raising the proportion of those projects that can be funded through grants or loans by the Energy Efficiency Investment Fund. Currently, assistance is capped at 30% of the project cost up to $250,000, leaving an applicant to come up with the remaining 70% or more. This can be prohibitive for smaller entities. By raising the eligible proportion of the project cost to 60%, without changing the maximum funding, the Department can help more small businesses, local governments, and nonprofits reduce their operating costs and environmental impact.

An Act To Amend Title 29 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Energy Efficiency Investment Fund.

Rep. William Bush [D]	Sen. Spiros Mantzavinos [D]	Rep. Paul Baumbach [D]	Rep. Jeff Hilovsky [R]
Rep. Edward Osienski [D]	Rep. Michael Smith [R]	Sen. David Sokola [D]	Sen. Jack Walsh [D]
Sen. David Wilson [R]

2023-06-28 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 20 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2023-06-15 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-07-21		Signed by Governor
2023-06-28		Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT
2023-06-27		Reported Out of Committee (Banking, Business, Insurance & Technology) in Senate with 7 On Its Merits
2023-06-15		Assigned to Banking, Business, Insurance & Technology Committee in Senate
2023-06-15		Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 3 ABSENT
2023-06-13		Reported Out of Committee (Natural Resources & Energy) in House with 3 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits
2023-05-16		Introduced and Assigned to Natural Resources & Energy Committee in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=140403
Text	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=140403&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB161
Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#54677
Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#54936