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type: "Bill"
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title: "DIRECTING THE DELAWARE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL TO BEGIN COORDINATION WITH THE FEDERAL AGENCIES CARRYING AUTHORITY TO IDENTIFY THE STRUCTURE NECESSARY FOR A STATE NONTIDAL WETLANDS PROGRAM FOR THE PURPOSE OF SHIFTING PERMITTING AUTHORITY FROM THE FEDERAL LEVEL TO THE STATE."
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description: "This Senate Joint Resolution requires the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control to engage authoritative federal agencies to identify the administrative structure, legal structure, and resource needs to establish a State nontidal wetlands permitting program effectively shifting the permitting program from the federal to the State level. This Senate Joint Resolution also requires that a report containing the results of this review be completed and made public within 1 year."
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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: "SJR 2"
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citation: "Delaware SJR 2 (151)"
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classification: ["joint resolution"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bryan Townsend", "Debra Heffernan", "Stephanie L. Hansen"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 9
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2021-04-27"
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last_action: "2021-09-30"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/221099ce-d854-49c4-b730-a01a977f704c"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=68617"
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source_hash: "623dba68a2947dee756ae70f726d9d752da4d86f8f8128ca20ccc85fabb36231"
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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 SJR 2 (151) — DIRECTING THE DELAWARE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL TO BEGIN COORDINATION WITH THE FEDERAL AGENCIES CARRYING AUTHORITY TO IDENTIFY THE STRUCTURE NECESSARY FOR A STATE NONTIDAL WETLANDS PROGRAM FOR THE PURPOSE OF SHIFTING PERMITTING AUTHORITY FROM THE FEDERAL LEVEL TO THE STATE.
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This Senate Joint Resolution requires the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control to engage authoritative federal agencies to identify the administrative structure, legal structure, and resource needs to establish a State nontidal wetlands permitting program effectively shifting the permitting program from the federal to the State level. This Senate Joint Resolution also requires that a report containing the results of this review be completed and made public within 1 year.
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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=68617&legislationTypeId=4&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SJR2)
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2. **SA 1 to SJR 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=68719&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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## Votes
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- SM — **34–7** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **15–6** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
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- Debra Heffernan — primary (person)
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- Stephanie L. Hansen — primary (person)
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- Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
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- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
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- Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
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- John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
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- Nicole Poore — cosponsor (person)
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- Sherry Dorsey Walker — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-04-27** Introduced and Assigned to Environment & Energy Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-05-13** Reported Out of Committee (Environment & Energy) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits, 1 Unfavorable `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2021-05-17** Amendment SA 1 to SJR 2 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2021-06-08** Amendment SA 1 to SJR 2 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 15 YES 6 NO `amendment-passage`
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- **2021-06-08** Passed By Senate. Votes: 15 YES 6 NO `passage`
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- **2021-06-09** Assigned to Natural Resources Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-06-24** Reported Out of Committee (Natural Resources) in House with 1 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-06-29** Passed By House. Votes: 34 YES 7 NO `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/221099ce-d854-49c4-b730-a01a977f704c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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