republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/152/hb-431.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 7 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE USE AND REGULATION OF LIVE BAIT IN TIDAL AND NONTIDAL WATERS OF THE STATE.	A major environmental concern is the spread of pathogens and invasive species across water bodies. The use of live bait in both non-tidal and tidal waters can inadvertently result in the transfer of invasive species and pathogens to new waters. Freshwater ecosystems are particularly susceptible to invasive species spreading disease and destroying Delaware’s native species and freshwater habitats.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	152	HB 431	Delaware HB 431 (152)	bill		enacted	Bryan Townsend Eric Morrison Kerri Evelyn Harris Russell Huxtable Sean Matthews Sophie Phillips Spiros Mantzavinos Stell Parker Selby William J. Carson	2	9	2	2024-06-06	2024-11-01	openstates	ocd-bill/b78200fc-025a-4589-95fd-906dc218a28d	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141499	f8e724cc1978578e077fc49d62d77f7e7841fac61a6ba9499f31a732e0a316b6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 431 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 7 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE USE AND REGULATION OF LIVE BAIT IN TIDAL AND NONTIDAL WATERS OF THE STATE.

A major environmental concern is the spread of pathogens and invasive species across water bodies. The use of live bait in both non-tidal and tidal waters can inadvertently result in the transfer of invasive species and pathogens to new waters. Freshwater ecosystems are particularly susceptible to invasive species spreading disease and destroying Delaware’s native species and freshwater habitats.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source
2. HA 1 to HB 431 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

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

Sponsors

• Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
• Eric Morrison — primary (person)
• Kerri Evelyn Harris — primary (person)
• Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
• Sean Matthews — primary (person)
• Sophie Phillips — primary (person)
• Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
• Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)
• William J. Carson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-06-06 Introduced and Assigned to Natural Resources & Energy Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-06-11 Reported Out of Committee (Natural Resources & Energy) in House with 3 Favorable, 6 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-06-18 Amendment HA 1 to HB 431 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2024-06-18 Amendment HA 1 to HB 431 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2024-06-18 Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES passage
• 2024-06-18 Assigned to Environment, Energy & Transportation Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-06-26 Reported Out of Committee (Environment, Energy & Transportation) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-06-30 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2024-11-01 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b78200fc-025a-4589-95fd-906dc218a28d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).