AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 7 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO HUNTING AND FISHING AUTHORIZATIONS.
Summary
This Act modernizes fishing, hunting, and trapping license and associated waterfowl and trout stamp specifications to include digital formats. This Act refines the definition of waterfowl consistent with the gamebird waterfowl definition in existing code for determining when a waterfowl stamp is required to hunt waterfowl. This Act also eliminates trout catch reporting requirements, clarifies when and where a trout fishing stamp is required for fishing, and corrects certain trout stamp exemptions in the current code.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jun 2021
Committee Review
Jun 2021
House Passage
Jun 2021
Senate Passage
Jun 2021
Signed into Law
Sep 2021
Introduced Jun 3, 2021
Signed Sep 30, 2021
Floor votes · Senate Jun 29, 2021 · House Jun 22, 2021
How they voted
20–0
Passed
Total votes 20
Jun 29, 2021
D
Democratic13
100% Yea
R
Republican7
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
8
Key actions
5
Committee
2
Sep 30, 2021
Signed into law
Signed by Governor
executive
Jun 29, 2021
Upper · Passed
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
upper
Jun 24, 2021
Upper · Passed
Reported Out of Committee (Environment & Energy) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits
upper
Jun 22, 2021
Introduced
Assigned to Environment & Energy Committee in Senate
upper
Jun 22, 2021
Lower · Passed
Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES
lower
Jun 16, 2021
Lower · Passed
Reported Out of Committee (Natural Resources) in House with 3 Favorable, 6 On Its Merits
lower
Jun 3, 2021
Introduced
Introduced and Assigned to Natural Resources Committee in House
lower
3 primary · 8 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Bill Carson
DDemocratic
P
BC
Bruce C. Ennis
DDemocratic
P
Jeff Spiegelman
RRepublican
Co
Brian Pettyjohn
RRepublican
Co
Danny Short
RRepublican
Co
Dave Wilson
RRepublican
Co
Gerald Hocker
RRepublican
Co
Jack Walsh
DDemocratic
Co
Ron Gray
RRepublican
Co
RB
Ruth Briggs King
RRepublican
Co
Trey Paradee
DDemocratic
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