Delaware · Senate Joint Resolution 5 · 152nd General Assembly

Direct/DNREC/Bonds/Require/Delaware Coastal Zone

SJR 5 Sponsored by Gerald W. Hocker Died in committee

  1. Introduced Feb 29, 2024
  2. In committee Feb 29, 2024
  3. Died  
  4. Passed the House  

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

This Senate Joint Resolution asks the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control to require irrevocable pre-construction decommissioning bonds be posted, developers commit to landfilling decommissioned turbine components in Maryland, and Aircraft Detection Lighting Systems be deployed for any offshore wind project with power transmission lines coming ashore in Delaware’s Coastal Zone as a condition of permit approval. Any permit issued without these terms will be automatically null and void.

Every action

1 step, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

  1. CommitteeIntroduced and Assigned to Environment, Energy & Transportation Committee in Senate · Senate Environment, Energy & Transportation

Roll calls

No recorded votes on this bill yet.

Sponsors

The member who introduced it, joined by 6 cosponsors: 6 Republicans.

All 6 cosponsors

From Delaware's official records (legis.delaware.gov), checked Nov 1, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.