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Bill AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE TO IMPOSE A REQUIRMENT THAT INFORMED CONSENT BE OBTAINED PRIOR TO THE COLLECTION OF NATURAL RESOURCE DATA ON PRIVATE PROPERTY. This Act acknowledges that the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control has been collecting natural resource data for years without the consent of the respective property owners. From the date of this Act forward, the Department must obtain written consent prior to physically entering onto private property for the purpose of collecting Natural Resource Data. us/states/de Delaware General Assembly 149 SB 229 Delaware SB 229 (149)
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Delaware SB 229 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE TO IMPOSE A REQUIRMENT THAT INFORMED CONSENT BE OBTAINED PRIOR TO THE COLLECTION OF NATURAL RESOURCE DATA ON PRIVATE PROPERTY.

This Act acknowledges that the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control has been collecting natural resource data for years without the consent of the respective property owners. From the date of this Act forward, the Department must obtain written consent prior to physically entering onto private property for the purpose of collecting Natural Resource Data.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

  1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • SM — 210 (pass) · upper
  • 3/5 — 400 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Ernesto B Lopez — primary (person)
  • Anthony Delcollo — cosponsor (person)
  • Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
  • Bryant L. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
  • Catherine Cloutier — cosponsor (person)
  • Daniel B. Short — cosponsor (person)
  • Dave G. Lawson — cosponsor (person)
  • David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
  • Gerald W. Hocker — cosponsor (person)
  • Robert Marshall — cosponsor (person)
  • Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
  • Timothy D. Dukes — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

  • 2018-06-05 Introduced and Laid on Table in Senate introduction
  • 2018-06-06 Lifted From Table in Senate
  • 2018-06-06 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
  • 2018-06-07 Assigned to Natural Resources Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
  • 2018-06-20 Reported Out of Committee (Natural Resources) in House with 2 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
  • 2018-06-26 Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT passage
  • 2018-07-11 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6eb5f3b7-344c-44e5-a7d1-1392f513c844. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).