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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DELAWARE NATIVE SPECIES COMMISSION."
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description: "This Act creates the Delaware Native Species Commission (\"Commission\"), which is one of the recommendations of the Statewide Ecological Extinction Task Force, created by Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 20 of the 149th General Assembly. The Commission will terminate 10 years from enactment unless extended by the General Assembly."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "149"
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identifier: "SB 153"
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citation: "Delaware SB 153 (149)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Debra Heffernan", "Stephanie L. Hansen"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 10
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2018-03-09"
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last_action: "2018-06-07"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/88fbcce4-317d-443f-aaa4-a21dae48727a"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26311"
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source_hash: "f60452e4665fb545011d271a48dc528eaa94d64ff780a95cf109cef8b81051ce"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
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---
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# Delaware SB 153 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DELAWARE NATIVE SPECIES COMMISSION.
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This Act creates the Delaware Native Species Commission ("Commission"), which is one of the recommendations of the Statewide Ecological Extinction Task Force, created by Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 20 of the 149th General Assembly. The Commission will terminate 10 years from enactment unless extended by the General Assembly.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=26311&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB153)
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## Votes
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- SM — **13–6** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **33–7** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Debra Heffernan — primary (person)
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- Stephanie L. Hansen — primary (person)
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- Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
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- Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
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- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
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- Deborah Hudson — cosponsor (person)
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- Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
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- Harris B. McDowell — cosponsor (person)
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- Harvey R. Kenton — cosponsor (person)
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- John J. Viola — cosponsor (person)
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- John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
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- Margaret Rose Henry — cosponsor (person)
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- Melanie George Smith — cosponsor (person)
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- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
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- Ronald E. Gray — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-03-09** Introduced and Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2018-03-28** Amendment SA 1 to SB 153 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2018-03-28** Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2018-03-29** Amendment SA 1 to SB 153 - Stricken in Senate
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- **2018-03-29** Amendment SA 2 to SB 153 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `amendment-passage`
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- **2018-03-29** Passed By Senate. Votes: 13 YES 6 NO 2 NOT VOTING `passage`
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- **2018-04-12** Assigned to Natural Resources Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2018-04-18** Reported Out of Committee (Natural Resources) in House with 7 On Its Merits, 1 Unfavorable `committee-passage, committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2018-04-26** Passed By House. Votes: 33 YES 7 NO 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2018-06-07** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/88fbcce4-317d-443f-aaa4-a21dae48727a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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