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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "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."
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description: "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."
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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 229"
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citation: "Delaware SB 229 (149)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Ernesto B Lopez"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 7
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2018-06-05"
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last_action: "2018-07-11"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6eb5f3b7-344c-44e5-a7d1-1392f513c844"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26756"
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source_hash: "10ca1d65a403129f56fb5387dace579e3721eaab9e70878f9cc1b4c579f5cded"
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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 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.
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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.
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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=26756&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB229)
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## Votes
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- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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- 3/5 — **40–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Ernesto B Lopez — primary (person)
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- Anthony Delcollo — cosponsor (person)
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- Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
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- Bryant L. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
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- Catherine Cloutier — cosponsor (person)
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- Daniel B. Short — cosponsor (person)
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- Dave G. Lawson — cosponsor (person)
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- David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
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- Gerald W. Hocker — cosponsor (person)
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- Robert Marshall — cosponsor (person)
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- Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
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- Timothy D. Dukes — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-06-05** Introduced and Laid on Table in Senate `introduction`
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- **2018-06-06** Lifted From Table in Senate
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- **2018-06-06** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2018-06-07** Assigned to Natural Resources Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2018-06-20** Reported Out of Committee (Natural Resources) in House with 2 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2018-06-26** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2018-07-11** 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/6eb5f3b7-344c-44e5-a7d1-1392f513c844`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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