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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE DELAWARE NATIVE SPECIES COMMISSION."
description: "This Act clarifies that of the 6 members of the Delaware Native Species Commission (Commission) that represent stakeholder commercial interests, such as land development, farming, and business, no more than 2 members can represent the same commercial interest. This legislation is necessary for the Commission to have the relevant expertise and perspectives for its work."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "151"
identifier: "SB 212"
citation: "Delaware SB 212 (151)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Debra Heffernan", "Sherry Dorsey Walker", "Stephanie L. Hansen"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-12"
last_action: "2022-10-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/24d4852e-1866-455b-8044-671c05d33cc6"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=79085"
source_hash: "a3f671e1d4fe893e57daa20f941ba047d26d48cd658ce07d07c302480ce99033"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
---
# Delaware SB 212 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE DELAWARE NATIVE SPECIES COMMISSION.
This Act clarifies that of the 6 members of the Delaware Native Species Commission (Commission) that represent stakeholder commercial interests, such as land development, farming, and business, no more than 2 members can represent the same commercial interest. This legislation is necessary for the Commission to have the relevant expertise and perspectives for its work.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=79085&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB212)
## Votes
- SM — **410** (pass) · lower
- SM — **201** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Debra Heffernan — primary (person)
- Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
- Stephanie L. Hansen — primary (person)
- Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
- Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
- David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
- Krista Griffith — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-01-12** Introduced and Assigned to Environment & Energy Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-09** Reported Out of Committee (Environment & Energy) in Senate with 4 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-10** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 NO `passage`
- **2022-03-11** Assigned to Natural Resources Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-12** Reported Out of Committee (Natural Resources) in House with 2 Favorable, 6 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-30** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
- **2022-10-14** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/24d4852e-1866-455b-8044-671c05d33cc6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).