HB 458 Delaware 153 session
AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO BACKFLOW.
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.
Status
- Introduced
- Committee
- Floor vote
- Passed
- Enacted
Enacted — last recorded action July 23, 2026
Signed by Governor
Recorded votes
Passage likelihood
Not enough recorded signal to estimate this bill's chances.
State-level impact
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Official actions
- Signed by Governor
- Passed By Senate. Votes: 14 YES 6 NO 1 NOT VOTING
- Suspension of Rules in Senate
- Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits
- Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate
- Passed By House. Votes: 37 YES 4 ABSENT
- Amendment HA 1 to HB 458 - Passed In House by Voice Vote
- Amendment HA 1 to HB 458 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
- Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 10 On Its Merits
- Introduced and Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House