AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO LITTER CONTROL PENALTIES.
Summary
This bill increases the fines for littering.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jun 2019
Committee Review
Jan 2020
House Passage
Jun 2019
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jun 5, 2019
Last action Jan 29, 2020
Floor votes · House Jun 27, 2019
How they voted
40–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 41
Jun 27, 2019
D
Democratic26
100% Yea
R
Republican15
93% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
5
Key actions
3
Committee
2
Jan 29, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reported Out of Committee (Environmental & Natural Resources) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits
upper
Dec 19, 2019
Introduced
Assigned to Environmental & Natural Resources Committee in Senate
upper
Jun 27, 2019
Lower · Passed
Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT
lower
Jun 20, 2019
Lower · Passed
Reported Out of Committee (Natural Resources) in House with 6 On Its Merits
lower
Jun 5, 2019
Introduced
Introduced and Assigned to Natural Resources Committee in House
lower
4 primary · 15 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Dave Sokola
DDemocratic
P
Kevin Hensley
RRepublican
P
Mike Smith
RRepublican
P
Stephanie Hansen
DDemocratic
Co
AD
Anthony Delcollo
RRepublican
Co
BC
Bruce C. Ennis
DDemocratic
Co
Bryan Shupe
RRepublican
Co
Danny Short
RRepublican
Co
Ed Osienski
DDemocratic
Co
Gerald Hocker
RRepublican
Co
GL
Gerald L. Brady
DDemocratic
Co
Jeff Spiegelman
RRepublican
Co
Mike Ramone
RRepublican
Co
Paul Baumbach
DDemocratic
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