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| Bill | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 3 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO NUISANCE PLANTS AND INVASIVE PLANTS. | Chapter 29 of Title 3, which restricts the use of invasive and potentially invasive plants, was enacted by Senate Bill No. 22 in 2021, but does not take effect until July 1, 2022. This Act revises § 2904 of Title 3 so that the Department of Agriculture, through the regulatory process, can both add and remove plants from the initial Invasive Plant List created under this section. In addition, this Act repeals Chapter 27 of Title 3 the same day that Chapter 29 takes effect, because Chapter 27 regulates the same topic, using the term nuisance plants, and Chapter 29 uses current terminology and best practices. | us/states/de | Delaware General Assembly | 151 | SB 239 | Delaware SB 239 (151) |
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Delaware SB 239 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 3 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO NUISANCE PLANTS AND INVASIVE PLANTS.
Chapter 29 of Title 3, which restricts the use of invasive and potentially invasive plants, was enacted by Senate Bill No. 22 in 2021, but does not take effect until July 1, 2022. This Act revises § 2904 of Title 3 so that the Department of Agriculture, through the regulatory process, can both add and remove plants from the initial Invasive Plant List created under this section. In addition, this Act repeals Chapter 27 of Title 3 the same day that Chapter 29 takes effect, because Chapter 27 regulates the same topic, using the term nuisance plants, and Chapter 29 uses current terminology and best practices.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Bill Text (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- SM — 20–0 (pass) · upper
- SM — 41–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Debra Heffernan — primary (person)
- Stephanie L. Hansen — primary (person)
- Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
- Bryant L. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
- Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
- Eric Morrison — cosponsor (person)
- Ernesto B. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
- Gerald W. Hocker — cosponsor (person)
- Krista Griffith — cosponsor (person)
- Kyle Evans Gay — cosponsor (person)
- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
- Sherry Dorsey Walker — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2022-03-08 Introduced and Assigned to Environment & Energy Committee in Senate
introduction, referral-committee - 2022-03-17 Reported Out of Committee (Environment & Energy) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits
committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable - 2022-03-17 Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT
passage - 2022-03-17 Assigned to Natural Resources Committee in House
introduction, referral-committee - 2022-04-12 Reported Out of Committee (Natural Resources) in House with 3 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits
committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable - 2022-06-30 Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES
passage - 2022-06-30 Signed by Governor
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1beb3dfd-3321-42c7-91bc-1a648c77c5b9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).