republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/151/sb-22.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 3 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO INVASIVE PLANTS.	This Act prohibits the import, export, sale, transport, distribution, or propagation of any plant identified by the Secretary of the Department of Agriculture, with the advice of the Delaware Native Species Commission, as an invasive plant. This Act also requires that plants identified as potentially invasive be sold with a tag that identifies the plant as potentially invasive. A violation of this Act may result in a civil penalty of $50 to $500, but only after the person has had the opportunity for an administrative hearing and the opportunity to come into compliance with this Act.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	151	SB 22	Delaware SB 22 (151)	bill		enacted	Debra Heffernan Stephanie L. Hansen	1	7	2	2021-01-12	2021-03-17	openstates	ocd-bill/32e38ff9-3bf3-4d66-910f-2738f3337ae8	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=48260	e051960d1423d4894bebdcab0643511636f76960136c165ac3a9555d6aa55326	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware SB 22 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 3 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO INVASIVE PLANTS.

This Act prohibits the import, export, sale, transport, distribution, or propagation of any plant identified by the Secretary of the Department of Agriculture, with the advice of the Delaware Native Species Commission, as an invasive plant. This Act also requires that plants identified as potentially invasive be sold with a tag that identifies the plant as potentially invasive. A violation of this Act may result in a civil penalty of $50 to $500, but only after the person has had the opportunity for an administrative hearing and the opportunity to come into compliance with this Act.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 21–0 (pass) · upper
• SM — 41–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Debra Heffernan — primary (person)
• Stephanie L. Hansen — primary (person)
• Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
• Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
• Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
• Bryant L. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
• David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
• David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
• Ernesto B. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
• Gerald W. Hocker — cosponsor (person)
• John "Jack" Walsh — cosponsor (person)
• John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
• Larry Lambert — cosponsor (person)
• Laura V. Sturgeon — cosponsor (person)
• Michael F. Smith — cosponsor (person)
• Nicole Poore — cosponsor (person)
• S. Elizabeth Lockman — cosponsor (person)
• Sarah McBride — cosponsor (person)
• Sherry Dorsey Walker — cosponsor (person)
• Trey Paradee — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-12 Introduced and Assigned to Environment & Energy Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-01-19 Reported Out of Committee (Environment & Energy) in Senate with 5 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-01-21 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2021-01-22 Assigned to Natural Resources Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-01-26 Reported Out of Committee (Natural Resources) in House with 6 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-01-28 Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES passage
• 2021-03-17 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/32e38ff9-3bf3-4d66-910f-2738f3337ae8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).