Delaware House Bill 471 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 4-2)
Status: Engrossed on June 16 2022 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2022-06-21 - Reported Out of Committee (Agriculture) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

The Department of Agriculture recently responded to an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza impacting Delaware poultry farms in coordination with agencies and officials from Delaware, Maryland, and USDA APHIS, as well as individual farmers and independent contractors. In connection with that response, the Department received or drafted certain information regarding persons, animals, land, and emergency response plans that should be confidential. This Act will help to protect the safety and security of individuals, agricultural operations, and animals and avoid any vulnerabilities that disclosure poses on the control and eradication of disease among animal species. This Act also revises Title 29 to identify information regarding the control of disease as defined in § 106 of Title 3 as not being a public record under the Freedom of Information Act.

An Act To Amend Title 3 And Title 29 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Control Of Disease.

Rep. William Carson [D]	Sen. Bruce Ennis [D]	Sen. Gerald Hocker [R]	Sen. David Wilson [R]
Rep. Ruth Briggs King [R]	Rep. Ronald Gray [R]

2022-06-16 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-06-21		Reported Out of Committee (Agriculture) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits
2022-06-16		Assigned to Agriculture Committee in Senate
2022-06-16		Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT
2022-06-15		Reported Out of Committee (Agriculture) in House with 2 Favorable, 6 On Its Merits
2022-06-09		Introduced and Assigned to Agriculture Committee in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=119667
Text	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=119667&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB471
Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#53518