Delaware House Bill 458
Session 153
An Act To Amend Title 16 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Backflow.
Active
Passed Senate on Jun 30, 2026
First Action
Jun 4, 2026
Latest Action
Jun 30, 2026
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill Number
458
State
Delaware
Session
153
checkPassed on June 25, 2026
Motion Text
2/3
House Roll Call Votes
Yes
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Other
Other
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Other
Yes
Summary
This Act prohibits counties and municipalities from requiring the use of water backflow preventers in certain types of low hazard buildings. In doing so, this Act reduces costs for businesses and single-family residential homeowners by exempting them from backflow preventer installation and inspection requirements in buildings where backflow does not pose a risk to fresh water or drinking water. Buildings deemed low hazard will nonetheless be required to have backflow preventers if they have fresh water supplied by a public well.
Under § 1 of Article IX of the Delaware Constitution, this Act requires a two-thirds majority vote because it involves indirect changes to municipal charters.
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06/30/2026
Senate
Passed By Senate. Votes: 14 YES 6 NO 1 NOT VOTING
06/30/2026
Senate
Suspension of Rules in Senate
06/30/2026
Senate
Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits
06/25/2026
Senate
Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate
06/25/2026
House
Passed By House. Votes: 37 YES 4 ABSENT
06/25/2026
House
Amendment HA 1 to HB 458 - Passed In House by Voice Vote
06/24/2026
House
Amendment HA 1 to HB 458 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
06/17/2026
House
Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 10 On Its Merits
06/04/2026
House
Introduced and Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House
Sources
Open States
Record Created
Jun 4, 2026 11:59:18 PM
Record Updated
Jul 1, 2026 1:25:00 AM