DE HB208 | 2019-2020 | 150th General Assembly

Delaware House Bill 208 (Prior Session Legislation)

Status

Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-1)
Status: Passed on July 31 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-07-31 - Signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

Summary

This Act amends the Delaware Hazardous Substance Control Act to reflect recent amendments to the federal Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA). This Act protects state, county, and municipal government entities from being deemed liable as owners or operators of hazardous substance release sites when they take title to or control of such properties through the exercise of their lawful governmental powers.

Title

An Act To Amend Title 7 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Delaware Hazardous Substance Cleanup Act.

Roll Calls

2019-06-30 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 21 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-06-25 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 41 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

History

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-07-31		Signed by Governor
2019-06-30		Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
2019-06-30		Suspension of Rules in Senate
2019-06-25		Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES
2019-06-19		Reported Out of Committee (Natural Resources) in House with 1 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits
2019-06-11		Introduced and Assigned to Natural Resources Committee in House

Delaware State Sources

Type	Source
Summary	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=47660
Text	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=47660&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB208
Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#41080
Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#41241