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SB 153 Delaware Senate · 149th General Assembly (2017-2018)

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DELAWARE NATIVE SPECIES COMMISSION.

Summary
This Act creates the Delaware Native Species Commission ("Commission"), which is one of the recommendations of the Statewide Ecological Extinction Task Force, created by Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 20 of the 149th General Assembly. The Commission will terminate 10 years from enactment unless extended by the General Assembly.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2018
Committee Review
Apr 2018
Senate Passage
Mar 2018
House Passage
Apr 2018
Signed into Law
Jun 2018
Introduced Mar 9, 2018 Signed Jun 7, 2018
Floor votes · House Apr 26, 2018

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
10
Key actions
6
Committee
2
Amendments
3
Jun 7, 2018
Signed into law
Signed by Governor
executive
Apr 26, 2018
Lower · Passed
Passed By House. Votes: 33 YES 7 NO 1 ABSENT
lower
Apr 18, 2018
Lower · Passed
Reported Out of Committee (Natural Resources) in House with 7 On Its Merits, 1 Unfavorable
lower
Apr 12, 2018
Introduced
Assigned to Natural Resources Committee in House
lower
Mar 29, 2018
Upper · Passed
Passed By Senate. Votes: 13 YES 6 NO 2 NOT VOTING
upper
Mar 29, 2018
Upper · Passed
Amendment SA 2 to SB 153 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
upper
Mar 29, 2018
Introduced
Amendment SA 1 to SB 153 - Stricken in Senate
upper
Mar 28, 2018
Upper · Passed
Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits
upper
Mar 28, 2018
Introduced
Amendment SA 1 to SB 153 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
upper
Mar 9, 2018
Introduced
Introduced and Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate
upper
2 primary · 13 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Debra Heffernan
Debra Heffernan
DDemocratic
DE
6
P
Photo of Stephanie Hansen
Stephanie Hansen
DDemocratic
DE
10
Co
BC
Bruce C. Ennis
DDemocratic
DE
14
Co
Photo of Bryan Townsend
Bryan Townsend
DDemocratic
DE
11
Co
Photo of Dave Sokola
Dave Sokola
DDemocratic
DE
8
Co
DH
Deborah Hudson
RRepublican
DE
12
Co
Photo of Ed Osienski
Ed Osienski
DDemocratic
DE
24
Co
HB
Harris B. McDowell
DDemocratic
DE
1
Co
HR
Harvey R. Kenton
RRepublican
DE
36
Co
JJ
John J. Viola
DDemocratic
DE
26
Co
JL
John L. Mitchell
DDemocratic
DE
13
Co
MR
Margaret Rose Henry
DDemocratic
DE
2