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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DISCARDING YARD WASTE ON A HIGHWAY."
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description: "This Act clarifies that yard waste is included in the types of trash and litter that it is illegal to discard on a highway. This Act also defines “yard waste”."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "151"
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identifier: "SB 47"
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citation: "Delaware SB 47 (151)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Dave G. Lawson", "Shannon Morris"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 10
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2021-02-12"
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last_action: "2021-09-30"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f9972a3c-ecd0-4785-a65d-5f50b2f10ea5"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=48379"
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source_hash: "6b1bb1700d98f43292a1d3827611160235b95f932555be25f4ac932f114b97fd"
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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 47 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DISCARDING YARD WASTE ON A HIGHWAY.
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This Act clarifies that yard waste is included in the types of trash and litter that it is illegal to discard on a highway. This Act also defines “yard waste”.
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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=48379&legislationTypeId=6&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SS1forSB47)
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2. **SA 1 to SS 1 for SB 47** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=48456&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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## Votes
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- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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- 2/3 — **41–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Dave G. Lawson — primary (person)
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- Shannon Morris — primary (person)
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- Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
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- Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
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- Bryant L. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
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- David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
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- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
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- Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
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- Gerald W. Hocker — cosponsor (person)
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- John "Jack" Walsh — cosponsor (person)
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- Michael Ramone — cosponsor (person)
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- Richard G. Collins — cosponsor (person)
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- Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
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- Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-02-12** Adopted in lieu of the original bill SB 47, and Assigned to Transportation Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-10** Reported Out of Committee (Transportation) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-12** Amendment SA 1 to SS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2021-03-16** Amendment SA 1 to SS 1 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `amendment-passage`
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- **2021-03-16** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2021-03-17** Assigned to Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-04-28** Reported Out of Committee (Public Safety & Homeland Security) in House with 6 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-06-25** Suspension of Rules in House
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- **2021-06-29** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
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- **2021-09-30** 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/f9972a3c-ecd0-4785-a65d-5f50b2f10ea5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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