Delaware Senate Bill 190

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Passed on September 14 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-09-14 - Signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

Since its creation the Water Supply Coordinating Council (the Council) has provided critical guidance to proactively address identified water supply issues. However, the actions of the Council have largely focused on recommendations and implementation associated with water supplies in the drought-prone portions of Northern New Castle County. While the water supplies in that area remain critical to the State, additional focus is needed on similar water supply coordination in other portions of the State as well. Many of the Councils reports have made recommendations for other actions in these areas, however, it is critical that appropriate local/regional representation be included to receive the necessary input and feedback that made the New Castle County implementation successful. Therefore, this Act is intended to reconstitute the Council to provide for a smaller more consistent quorum for state-wide coordination while establishing the structure for direct regional (County-level) contributions and implementation. It is intended that the preliminary charge of each County-level subcommittee will be to establish the appropriate memberships to best address their prioritized concerns.

An Act To Amend Title 7 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Water Supply Coordinating Council.

Sen. Kyra Hoffner [D]

Rep. Kerri Harris [D]

Rep. William Carson [D]

2023-06-30 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 41 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-06-22 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 19 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-09-14		Signed by Governor
2023-06-30		Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES
2023-06-28		Reported Out of Committee (Natural Resources & Energy) in House with 2 Favorable, 6 On Its Merits
2023-06-23		Assigned to Natural Resources & Energy Committee in House
2023-06-22		Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 1 NO 1 ABSENT
2023-06-22		Reported Out of Committee (Environment, Energy & Transportation) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits
2023-06-20		Introduced and Assigned to Environment, Energy & Transportation Committee in Senate

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Summary	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=140660
Text	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=140660&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB190
Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#54816
Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#55067