Delaware Senate Bill 207 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-2)
Status: Engrossed on January 30 2020 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-03-12 - Assigned to Natural Resources Committee in House
Pending: House Natural Resources Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

This Act prohibits the import, export, sale, transport, distribution, or propagation of any plant identified by the Secretary of the Department of Agriculture, with the advice of the Delaware Native Species Commission, as an invasive plant. This Act also requires that plants identified as potentially invasive be sold with a tag that identifies the plant as potentially invasive. A violation of this Act may result in a civil penalty of $50 to $500, but only after the person has had the opportunity for an administrative hearing and the opportunity to come into compliance with this Act.

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

Sen. Stephanie Hansen [D]	Rep. Debra Heffernan [D]	Sen. Catherine Cloutier [R]	Sen. Charles Paradee [D]
Sen. Bryant Richardson [R]	Sen. David Sokola [D]	Sen. Laura Sturgeon [D]	Sen. Bryan Townsend [D]
Rep. Paul Baumbach [D]	Rep. John Mitchell [D]	Rep. Raymond Seigfried [D]	Rep. John Viola [D]

2020-01-30 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 20 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-03-12		Assigned to Natural Resources Committee in House
2020-01-30		Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT
2020-01-29		Reported Out of Committee (Environmental & Natural Resources) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits
2020-01-23		Introduced and Assigned to Environmental & Natural Resources Committee in Senate

Type	Source
Summary	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=47986
Text	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=47986&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB207
Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#41449