Delaware · Senate Bill 130 · 153rd General Assembly

Expanded Polystyrene Foam Products/Prohibit/Sale/Distribution

SB 130 Sponsored by Trey Paradee Withdrawn

  1. Introduced May 7, 2025
  2. In committee May 7, 2025
  3. Withdrawn  
  4. Passed the House  
  5. To the governor  
  6. Became law  

What it does

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

This Act prohibits retail stores and wholesalers from selling, distributing, or offering for sale expanded polystyrene foam products, including expanded polystyrene foam food service packaging, expanded polystyrene foam coolers used for cold storage of food, and expanded polystyrene foam loose fill packaging. Expanded polystyrene foam packaging such as single use expanded polystyrene foam food containers or loose…

Read the full title (191 words)

This Act prohibits retail stores and wholesalers from selling, distributing, or offering for sale expanded polystyrene foam products, including expanded polystyrene foam food service packaging, expanded polystyrene foam coolers used for cold storage of food, and expanded polystyrene foam loose fill packaging. Expanded polystyrene foam packaging such as single use expanded polystyrene foam food containers or loose fill expanded polystyrene foam products such as packing peanuts are difficult to recycle and are not accepted in Delaware’s curbside recycling program. Such products typically end up in landfills, where they take hundreds of years to break down. By prohibiting the sale of expanded polystyrene foam products, this Act helps to protect the environment from harmful waste. This Act allows for a temporary waiver of the prohibition on expanded polystyrene foam products under either of the following circumstances: 1. There is no feasible or commercially available alternative for a specific expanded polystyrene foam product. 2. The retail store or wholesaler seeking the waiver has less than $500,000 in gross annual income and there is no reasonably affordable, commercially available alternative to the expanded polystyrene foam product. This Act takes effect on January 1, 2027.

Every action

6 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

  1. CommitteeIntroduced and Assigned to Environment, Energy & Transportation Committee in Senate · Senate Environment, Energy & Transportation
  2. CommitteeReported Out of Committee (Environment, Energy & Transportation) in Senate with 4 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits · Senate Environment, Energy & Transportation
  3. SenateSubstituted in Senate by SS 1 for SB 130
  4. SenateSS 1 for SB 130 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 17 YES 4 NO
  5. HouseSS 1 for SB 130 - Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee in House
  6. HouseSS 1 for SB 130 - Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce) in House with 8 On Its Merits

Roll calls

No recorded votes on this bill yet.

Sponsors

The member who introduced it, joined by 7 cosponsors: 7 Democrats.

All 7 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.