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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 7 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SILVICULTURE."
description: "This Act clarifies what constitutes a sawmill under Delaware law and adds definitions related to agriculture and silviculture. This Act recognizes forest products as unadulterated materials and makes clear their importance to support a thriving industry that maintains sustainable and healthy forests. This Act also makes technical corrections to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "152"
identifier: "SB 30"
citation: "Delaware SB 30 (152)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian Pettyjohn", "Bryan Townsend", "Bryant L. Richardson", "Darius J. Brown", "David L. Wilson", "David P. Sokola", "Edward S. Osienski", "Franklin D. Cooke", "John \"Jack\" Walsh", "Kendra Johnson", "Laura V. Sturgeon", "Marie Pinkney", "Nicole Poore", "Paul S. Baumbach", "Peter C. Schwartzkopf", "Russell Huxtable", "S. Elizabeth Lockman", "Sarah McBride", "Sean Matthews", "Spiros Mantzavinos", "Stell Parker Selby", "Trey Paradee", "Valerie Longhurst", "William J. Carson"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-18"
last_action: "2023-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/37170067-b5d5-4ebf-9b7d-e7759b2704dd"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=129945"
source_hash: "549bc45ecdfab6c6dc14709a5cd5a38fb1ee3a8edcf12b22d9509cee6400807f"
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 30 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 7 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SILVICULTURE.
This Act clarifies what constitutes a sawmill under Delaware law and adds definitions related to agriculture and silviculture. This Act recognizes forest products as unadulterated materials and makes clear their importance to support a thriving industry that maintains sustainable and healthy forests. This Act also makes technical corrections to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual.
## 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=129945&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB30)
2. **SA 2 to SB 30** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=130319&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
## Votes
- SM — **190** (pass) · upper
- SM — **360** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
- Bryant L. Richardson — primary (person)
- Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
- David L. Wilson — primary (person)
- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
- Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
- Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
- John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
- Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
- Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
- Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
- Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
- Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
- S. Elizabeth Lockman — primary (person)
- Sarah McBride — primary (person)
- Sean Matthews — primary (person)
- Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
- Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)
- Trey Paradee — primary (person)
- Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
- William J. Carson — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-01-18** Introduced and Assigned to Agriculture Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-15** Reported Out of Committee (Agriculture) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 6 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-27** Amendment SA 1 to SB 30 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-05-04** Amendment SA 2 to SB 30 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-05-04** Amendment SA 1 to SB 30 - Stricken in Senate
- **2023-05-04** Amendment SA 2 to SB 30 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-04** Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT `passage`
- **2023-05-05** Assigned to Agriculture Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-06** Reported Out of Committee (Agriculture) in House with 7 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2023-06-13** Passed By House. Votes: 36 YES 5 ABSENT `passage`
- **2023-06-28** 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/37170067-b5d5-4ebf-9b7d-e7759b2704dd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).