Delaware 152nd General Assembly (2023-2024) Status: Enacted Bipartisan · 15 D · 3 R cosponsors

SB 30 — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 7 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SILVICULTURE.

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    Passed Senate
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    Passed House
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 18, 2023. Enacted.

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Likely to advance 98% · high confidence

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 24 sponsors

    24 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (15 D · 3 R) — cross-party backing.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 2 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

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.

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Huxtable DELAWARE STATE SENATE 152nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY SENATE AMENDMENT NO.
Huxtable & Rep.
2 TO SENATE BILL NO.
Carson Sens.
30 Amend Senate Bill No.
Brown, Buckson, Gay, Hansen, Hocker, Hoffner, Lawson, Lockman, Mantzavinos, S.
30 by inserting at the end of line 26 the following:
McBride, Paradee, Pettyjohn, Pinkney, Poore, Richardson, Sokola, Sturgeon, Townsend, Walsh, Wilson;
“This exemption does not apply in the coastal zone, as defined in § 7002(i) of Title 7.”.
Reps.
SYNOPSIS This Amendment makes clear that the exemption does not apply in the coastal zone, as defined in § 7002(i), Title of the Coastal Zone Act.
Baumbach, Osienski DELAWARE STATE SENATE 152nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY SENATE BILL NO.
30 AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 7 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SILVICULTURE.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE:
Section 1.
Amend § 6002, Title 7 of the Delaware Code by making deletions as shown by strike through and insertions as shown by underline as follows and by redesignating accordingly:
§ 6002.
Definitions.
The following words and phrases shall have the meaning ascribed to them in this chapter unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
As used in this chapter:
(2) “Agricultural Operations” means as defined in § 8141(a) of Title 10.
(21) “Forest products” means any material derived from a silvicultural activity for direct consumption or commercial use, including lumber, sawdust, bark, pine needles, woodchips, wood shavings, slabs, edgings, or trim blocks.
(25) “Incinerator,” “incinerator structure or facility,” and “waste incinerator” include any structure or facility operated for the combustion (oxidation) of solid waste, even if the by-products of the operation include useful products such as steam and electricity.
“Incinerator” shall not include:
does not include any of the following:
a.
Crematoriums;
Crematoriums.
b.
The disposal of the bodies of animals through incineration;
incineration.
c.
The burning of poultry waste or poultry manure at the same site where the waste or manure was generated, which shall include including the burning of poultry waste or poultry manure generated upon an adjacent farm;
farm.
d.
The disposal of all materials used in the discovery, development, and manufacture of veterinary products, medicines and vaccines;
or vaccines.
e.
The disposition of mortalities from poultry operations in facilities approved by the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control which comply with United States Department of LC :
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01/18/2023 09:54 AM Agricultural Natural Resources Conservation Service Interim Conservation Practice Standard Incinerator 769 or any successor standard.
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The disposal of unadulterated sawdust, wood shavings, bark, woodchips, slabs, edgings, or trim blocks produced because of a production process for lumber, by burning in an enclosed incinerator as part of a sawmill.
Any products incinerated as part of a sawmill must be the residual materials of lumber sawn in that sawmill.
(51) “Sawmill” means a facility in which unadulterated logs are sawn into lumber and other products of a uniform and known composition.
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(54) “Silviculture” means the care and cultivation of forest trees.
(55) “Silvicultural activity” means any forest management activity, including the harvesting of timber, the construction of roads and trails for forest management purposes, the preparation of property for reforestation, or the piling and burning of tree parts.
SYNOPSIS 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.
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Action History

  1. Signed by Governor

  2. Passed By House. Votes: 36 YES 5 ABSENT

  3. Reported Out of Committee (Agriculture) in House with 7 On Its Merits

  4. Assigned to Agriculture Committee in House

  5. Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT

  6. Amendment SA 2 to SB 30 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT

  7. Amendment SA 1 to SB 30 - Stricken in Senate

  8. Amendment SA 2 to SB 30 - Introduced and Placed With Bill

  9. Amendment SA 1 to SB 30 - Introduced and Placed With Bill

  10. Reported Out of Committee (Agriculture) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 6 On Its Merits

  11. Introduced and Assigned to Agriculture Committee in Senate

Sponsors

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24 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 38 not signed on

Sponsors (24)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (38)

38 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

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Passed 36 Yea · 0 Nay · 5 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 7001
Democratic 18002
Republican 11002
Total 36005
% of votes cast 88%0%0%12%
How each member voted (41)
Member Party Vote
Michael Ramone — Yea
Paul S. Baumbach — Yea
Peter C. Schwartzkopf — Yea
Ruth Briggs King — Not Voting
Sean Matthews — Yea
Sherry Dorsey Walker — Yea
Stell Parker Selby — Yea
Valerie Longhurst — Yea
Cyndie Romer Democratic Yea
DeShanna U Neal Democratic Yea
Debra Heffernan Democratic Yea
Edward S. Osienski Democratic Yea
Eric Morrison Democratic Yea
Franklin D. Cooke Democratic Yea
Kendra Johnson Democratic Yea
Kerri Evelyn Harris Democratic Yea
Kimberly Williams Democratic Yea
Krista Griffith Democratic Yea
Larry Lambert Democratic Yea
Madinah Wilson-Anton Democratic Yea
Melissa Minor-Brown Democratic Yea
Nnamdi O. Chukwuocha Democratic Yea
Sean M. Lynn Democratic Yea
Sherae'a Moore Democratic Not Voting
Sophie Phillips Democratic Yea
Stephanie T. Bolden Democratic Not Voting
William Bush Democratic Yea
William J. Carson Democratic Yea
Bryan W. Shupe Republican Yea
Charles S Postles Jr. Republican Yea
Daniel B. Short Republican Not Voting
Jeff Hilovsky Republican Yea
Jeffrey N. Spiegelman Republican Yea
Jesse R. Vanderwende Republican Yea
Kevin S Hensley Republican Yea
Lyndon D. Yearick Republican Yea
Michael F. Smith Republican Yea
Richard G. Collins Republican Yea
Ronald E. Gray Republican Not Voting
Shannon Morris Republican Yea
Timothy D. Dukes Republican Yea

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SM

Passed 19 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 13000
Republican 4002
Unaffiliated 2000
Total 19002
% of votes cast 90%0%0%10%
How each member voted (21)
Member Party Vote
Kyle Evans Gay — Yea
Sarah McBride — Yea
Bryan Townsend Democratic Yea
Darius J. Brown Democratic Yea
David P. Sokola Democratic Yea
John "Jack" Walsh Democratic Yea
Kyra L. Hoffner Democratic Yea
Laura V. Sturgeon Democratic Yea
Marie Pinkney Democratic Yea
Nicole Poore Democratic Yea
Russell Huxtable Democratic Yea
S. Elizabeth Lockman Democratic Yea
Spiros Mantzavinos Democratic Yea
Stephanie L. Hansen Democratic Yea
Trey Paradee Democratic Yea
Brian Pettyjohn Republican Yea
Bryant L. Richardson Republican Yea
Dave G. Lawson Republican Not Voting
David L. Wilson Republican Yea
Eric Buckson Republican Not Voting
Gerald W. Hocker Republican Yea

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 30 do?
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.
Who sponsors SB 30?
SB 30 is sponsored by Edward S. Osienski (Democratic), David L. Wilson (Republican), John "Jack" Walsh (Democratic), Bryan Townsend (Democratic), Laura V. Sturgeon (Democratic), David P. Sokola (Democratic), Bryant L. Richardson (Republican), Nicole Poore (Democratic), Marie Pinkney (Democratic), Brian Pettyjohn (Republican), Trey Paradee (Democratic), Spiros Mantzavinos (Democratic), S. Elizabeth Lockman (Democratic), Kendra Johnson (Democratic), Franklin D. Cooke (Democratic), Darius J. Brown (Democratic), William J. Carson (Democratic), Russell Huxtable (Democratic), Stell Parker Selby, Sean Matthews, Peter C. Schwartzkopf, Valerie Longhurst, Sarah McBride, and Paul S. Baumbach.
What is the current status of SB 30?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 18, 2023. Enacted.
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