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Delaware · 153rd General Assembly (2025-2026) · Bill

HB 5: AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO LEGISLATIVE OVERSIGHT OF AGENCY REGULATIONS.

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 5 is a bill introduced in the Delaware House on January 9, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO LEGISLATIVE OVERSIGHT OF AGENCY REGULATIONS. Primary sponsor: Jeff Spiegelman (Republican), Sean Lynn (Democratic), Gerald Hocker (Republican), Bryant Richardson (Republican). It lists 15 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (March 26, 2025): Tabled in Committee.

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Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

This Act requires that an enacted state agency regulation will automatically expire unless explicitly reauthorized by the General Assembly to continue. This Act creates the Joint Committee on Oversight of Agency Regulations (“Committee”) to engage in review and oversight of regulations adopted by State agencies and recommend to the General Assembly whether or not the regulations should be allowed to expire. Like laws in states such as Colorado and Utah, this Act does all of the following: (1) Requires that all regulations adopted by an agency during the 12-month period preceding each October 31 expire at 5:00 p.m. on the following June 30 unless the General Assembly enacts a law to remove the expiration of the regulation. (2) Establishes criteria for the Committee’s review of State agency regulations. (3) Establishes a process for the Committee’s review and oversight of State agency regulations, including the requirement of a staff report, public hearings, and Committee recommendations to the General Assembly. (4) If the Committee recommends a regulation not be allowed to expire, requires the Committee to draft and introduce a bill that removes the expiration of each regulation the Committee recommends not be allowed to expire. (5) The Committee Chair, Vice Chair, and members receive the same additional compensation as the Joint Legislative Oversight and Sunset Committee.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1 · Republican 18

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Jeff SpiegelmanPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse11
Sean LynnPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse31
Gerald HockerPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate20
Bryant RichardsonPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate21
Eric BucksonCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate16
Rich CollinsCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse41
Tim DukesCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse40
Kevin HensleyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse9
Jeff HilovskyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse4
Dave LawsonCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate15
Shannon MorrisCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse30
Brian PettyjohnCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate19
Charles PostlesCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse33
Danny ShortCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse39
Bryan ShupeCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse36
Mike SmithCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse22
Jesse VanderwendeCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse35
Dave WilsonCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate18
Lyndon YearickCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse34

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Tabled in Committee
  2. Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source