April 23, 2021
On March 17, Gov. John Carney signed Senate Bill No. 22 (SB22) into law. The bill, which passed unanimously in the General Assembly, bans the sale and import of 37 invasive plants in Delaware. Abby Newton/THE REVIEW
BYERIC MUNSON Associate News Editor
On March 17, Gov. John Carney signed Senate Bill No. 22 (SB22) into law. The bill, which passed unanimously in the General Assembly, bans the sale and import of 37 invasive plants in Delaware.
SB22 will not go into effect until July 1, 2022, in order to give organizations and businesses time to adapt to the new changes.
âI learned a lot from that legislation and took it to heart,â Carney told WHYY. âWhen I was planting new plants in the back of my house, I went to my neighbor whoâs a naturalist working in the area, and he gave me a list of native species that I should plant, not the others.â