Delaware Senate Bill 239 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-4)
Status: Passed on June 30 2022 - 100% progression
Action: 2022-06-30 - Signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

Chapter 29 of Title 3, which restricts the use of invasive and potentially invasive plants, was enacted by Senate Bill No. 22 in 2021, but does not take effect until July 1, 2022. This Act revises § 2904 of Title 3 so that the Department of Agriculture, through the regulatory process, can both add and remove plants from the initial Invasive Plant List created under this section. In addition, this Act repeals Chapter 27 of Title 3 the same day that Chapter 29 takes effect, because Chapter 27 regulates the same topic, using the term nuisance plants, and Chapter 29 uses current terminology and best practices.

An Act To Amend Title 3 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Nuisance Plants And Invasive Plants.

Sen. Stephanie Hansen [D]	Rep. Debra Heffernan [D]	Sen. Bruce Ennis [D]	Sen. Kyle Gay [D]
Sen. Gerald Hocker [R]	Sen. Ernesto Lopez [R]	Sen. Bryant Richardson [R]	Sen. David Sokola [D]
Sen. David Wilson [R]	Rep. Paul Baumbach [D]	Rep. Sherry Dorsey Walker [D]	Rep. Krista Griffith [D]
Rep. Eric Morrison [D]	Rep. Edward Osienski [D]

2022-06-30 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 41 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-03-17 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 20 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-06-30		Signed by Governor
2022-06-30		Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES
2022-04-12		Reported Out of Committee (Natural Resources) in House with 3 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits
2022-03-17		Assigned to Natural Resources Committee in House
2022-03-17		Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT
2022-03-17		Reported Out of Committee (Environment & Energy) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits
2022-03-08		Introduced and Assigned to Environment & Energy Committee in Senate

Type	Source
Summary	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=79187
Text	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=79187&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB239
Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#52906
Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#53887