Delaware Senate Bill 22 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-6)
Status: Passed on March 17 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-03-17 - Signed by Governor
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. Bruce Ennis [D]	Sen. Gerald Hocker [R]
Sen. Elizabeth Lockman [D]	Sen. Ernesto Lopez [R]	Sen. Sarah McBride [D]	Sen. Charles Paradee [D]
Sen. Brian Pettyjohn [R]	Sen. Nicole Poore [D]	Sen. Bryant Richardson [R]	Sen. David Sokola [D]
Sen. Laura Sturgeon [D]	Sen. Bryan Townsend [D]	Sen. Jack Walsh [D]	Sen. David Wilson [R]
Rep. Sherry Dorsey Walker [D]	Rep. Larry Lambert [D]	Rep. John Mitchell [D]	Rep. Michael Smith [R]

2021-01-28 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 41 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-01-21 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 21 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-03-17		Signed by Governor
2021-01-28		Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES
2021-01-26		Reported Out of Committee (Natural Resources) in House with 6 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits
2021-01-22		Assigned to Natural Resources Committee in House
2021-01-21		Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
2021-01-19		Reported Out of Committee (Environment & Energy) in Senate with 5 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits
2021-01-12		Introduced and Assigned to Environment & Energy Committee in Senate

Type	Source
Summary	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=48260
Text	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=48260&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB22
Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#41696
Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#41750