All Roll Calls
Yes: 84 • No: 37
DelawareHS 1 for HB 50 w/ HA 1 + SA 1 + HA 2153rd General Assembly (2024–2026)HouseWALLET
AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 7 AND 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ENERGY ASSISTANCE.
Sponsored By: Debra Heffernan (Democratic)
Signed by Governor
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.
More LIHEAP and home weatherization money
Ten percent of CO2 auction money goes to the Weatherization Assistance Program. Up to five percent goes to LIHEAP for energy-bill help. Also, DNREC sends 30% of Green Energy Fund compliance payments to LIHEAP. LIHEAP payments under this law require you to join WAP within two years, if WAP funding is available. Delaware’s Division for State Service Centers runs LIHEAP and WAP.
More SEU funding and Green Fund changes
Sixty-five percent of CO2 auction proceeds go to the Sustainable Energy Utility. SEU uses the money for energy savings, renewables, financing, and to support the Delaware Energy Fund. The State Energy Office runs the Green Energy Fund with DNREC and the Public Advocate. It gives grants and loans for energy efficiency and renewable or alternative energy projects.
New Delaware Energy Fund for households
The Delaware Energy Fund gives help with energy bills to households under 350% of the federal poverty level. The Sustainable Energy Utility runs the program and must start it within 30 days of enactment. If you qualify for LIHEAP, staff must send you to the Department of Health and Social Services to apply there. If you get help, you must take part in SEU energy savings or efficiency programs. You can get one grant per application; more grants need a new application and available funds. These rules end three years after enactment unless extended.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Debra Heffernan
Democratic • House
Cosponsors
Stephanie T. Bolden
Democratic • House
Darius J. Brown
Democratic • Senate
Frank Burns
Democratic • House
William Bush
Democratic • House
William J. Carson
Democratic • House
Nnamdi O. Chukwuocha
Democratic • House
Franklin D. Cooke
Democratic • House
Daniel Cruce
Democratic • Senate
Mara Gorman
Democratic • House
Krista Griffith
Democratic • House
Stephanie L. Hansen
Democratic • Senate
Kerri Evelyn Harris
Democratic • House
Kyra L. Hoffner
Democratic • Senate
Russell Huxtable
Democratic • Senate
Kendra Johnson
Democratic • House
Kimberly Williams
Democratic • House
Kamela T Smith
Democratic • House
Larry Lambert
Democratic • House
S. Elizabeth Lockman
Democratic • Senate
Spiros Mantzavinos
Democratic • Senate
Melissa Minor-Brown
Democratic • House
DeShanna U Neal
Democratic • House
Josue O Ortega
Democratic • House
Edward S. Osienski
Democratic • House
Trey Paradee
Democratic • Senate
Marie Pinkney
Democratic • Senate
Nicole Poore
Democratic • Senate
Cyndie Romer
Democratic • House
Melanie Ross Levin
Democratic • House
Ray Seigfried
Democratic • Senate
Claire Snyder-Hall
Democratic • House
David P. Sokola
Democratic • Senate
Laura V. Sturgeon
Democratic • Senate
Bryan Townsend
Democratic • Senate
John "Jack" Walsh
Democratic • Senate
Madinah Wilson-Anton
Democratic • House
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 7/1/2025
Passed (SM required)
Yes: 15 • No: 6
House vote • 6/26/2025
Passed (SM required)
Yes: 27 • No: 13
Senate vote • 6/24/2025
Passed (SM required)
Yes: 15 • No: 6
House vote • 4/15/2025
Passed (SM required)
Yes: 27 • No: 12
Actions Timeline
Signed by Governor
7/16/2025GovernorPassed By Senate. Votes: 15 YES 6 NO
6/30/2025SenatePassed By House. Votes: 27 YES 13 NO 1 VACANT
6/26/2025HouseAmendment HA 2 to HS 1 - Passed In House by Voice Vote
6/26/2025HouseAmendment HA 2 to HS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
6/25/2025HousePassed By Senate. Votes: 15 YES 6 NO
6/24/2025SenateAmendment SA 1 to HS 1 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
6/24/2025SenateAmendment SA 1 to HS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
6/5/2025HouseReported Out of Committee (Environment, Energy & Transportation) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits
5/7/2025SenateAssigned to Environment, Energy & Transportation Committee in Senate
4/15/2025SenatePassed By House. Votes: 27 YES 12 NO 2 ABSENT
4/15/2025HouseAmendment HA 1 to HS 1 - Passed In House by Voice Vote
4/15/2025HouseAmendment HA 1 to HS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
4/15/2025Housewas introduced and adopted in lieu of HB 50
4/10/2025House
Bill Text
Current
4/10/2025
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