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SB178 • 2025

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE USE OF POLYSTYRENE FOAM FOOD SERVICE PACKAGING IN LEVEL IV AND LEVEL V DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION FACILITIES.

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE USE OF POLYSTYRENE FOAM FOOD SERVICE PACKAGING IN LEVEL IV AND LEVEL V DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION FACILITIES.

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Last action
2025-07-01
Official status
Signed by Governor
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE USE OF POLYSTYRENE FOAM FOOD SERVICE PACKAGING IN LEVEL IV AND LEVEL V DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION FACILITIES.

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE USE OF POLYSTYRENE FOAM FOOD SERVICE PACKAGING IN LEVEL IV AND LEVEL V DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION FACILITIES.

What This Bill Does

  • AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE USE OF POLYSTYRENE FOAM FOOD SERVICE PACKAGING IN LEVEL IV AND LEVEL V DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION FACILITIES.
  • This Act exempts food served in Level IV and Level V correctional facilities from restrictions on the use of polystyrene foam food service packaging.
  • Scheduled to go into effect on July 1, 2025, § 3004Q of Title 16 prohibits food establishments from providing ready-to-eat food in polystyrene foam food service packaging.
  • This prohibition would create significant hardships and increase costs for the Department of Correction (“Department”), which uses polystyrene foam food service packaging in the course of providing over 14,000 meals per day to Department inmates.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2025-07-01 Delaware General Assembly

    Signed by Governor

  2. 2025-06-25 Delaware General Assembly

    Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 2 ABSENT 1 VACANT

  3. 2025-06-17 Delaware General Assembly

    Reported Out of Committee (Public Safety & Homeland Security) in House with 6 On Its Merits

  4. 2025-06-12 Delaware General Assembly

    Amendment SA 1 to SB 178 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT

  5. 2025-06-12 Delaware General Assembly

    Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT

  6. 2025-06-12 Delaware General Assembly

    Assigned to Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee in House

  7. 2025-06-11 Delaware General Assembly

    Reported Out of Committee (Corrections & Public Safety) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits

  8. 2025-06-05 Delaware General Assembly

    Introduced and Assigned to Corrections & Public Safety Committee in Senate

Official Summary Text

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE USE OF POLYSTYRENE FOAM FOOD SERVICE PACKAGING IN LEVEL IV AND LEVEL V DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION FACILITIES.
This Act exempts food served in Level IV and Level V correctional facilities from restrictions on the use of polystyrene foam food service packaging. Scheduled to go into effect on July 1, 2025, § 3004Q of Title 16 prohibits food establishments from providing ready-to-eat food in polystyrene foam food service packaging. This prohibition would create significant hardships and increase costs for the Department of Correction (“Department”), which uses polystyrene foam food service packaging in the course of providing over 14,000 meals per day to Department inmates.