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.

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7/1/2025Signed by Governor
6/25/2025Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 2 ABSENT 1 VACANT
6/17/2025Reported Out of Committee (Public Safety & Homeland Security) in House with 6 On Its Merits
6/12/2025Amendment SA 1 to SB 178 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT
6/12/2025Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT
6/12/2025Assigned to Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee in House
6/11/2025Reported Out of Committee (Corrections & Public Safety) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits
6/5/2025Introduced and Assigned to Corrections & Public Safety Committee in Senate