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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 31 RELATING TO \"SEEING EYE DOGS.\""
+description: "This Act repeals § 2117, Title 31, which relates to an individual who, by reason of loss or impairment of eyesight or hearing, has a right to be accompanied by a “seeing eye dog,” also known as a “guide dog,” in public conveyances; hotels; lodging places; all places of accommodation, amusement, or resort; and other places to which the general public is invited. This Act is a result of the Joint Legislative Oversight and Sunset Committee’s review of the Division for the Visually Impaired, and furthers the goal of modernizing Chapter 21, Title 31."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
+legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
+session: "151"
+identifier: "HB 383"
+citation: "Delaware HB 383 (151)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Kyle Evans Gay", "Sherry Dorsey Walker"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 9
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2022-04-12"
+last_action: "2022-10-14"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/91539470-4747-4f28-a4ee-779dee31b113"
+source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=109345"
+source_hash: "7204ca0f5d12557f849d25a136eefac27bdc9cb41480d1d40c6c8877d1a0c15e"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
+---
+
+# Delaware HB 383 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 31 RELATING TO "SEEING EYE DOGS."
+
+This Act repeals § 2117, Title 31, which relates to an individual who, by reason of loss or impairment of eyesight or hearing, has a right to be accompanied by a “seeing eye dog,” also known as a “guide dog,” in public conveyances; hotels; lodging places; all places of accommodation, amusement, or resort; and other places to which the general public is invited. This Act is a result of the Joint Legislative Oversight and Sunset Committee’s review of the Division for the Visually Impaired, and furthers the goal of modernizing Chapter 21, Title 31.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=109345&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB383)
+
+## Votes
+
+- SM — **41–0** (pass) · lower
+- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Kyle Evans Gay — primary (person)
+- Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
+- Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
+- Bryant L. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
+- Jeffrey N. Spiegelman — cosponsor (person)
+- Kendra Johnson — cosponsor (person)
+- Krista Griffith — cosponsor (person)
+- Lyndon D. Yearick — cosponsor (person)
+- Sarah McBride — cosponsor (person)
+- Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-04-12** Introduced and Assigned to Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability) Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2022-05-03** Reported Out of Committee (Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability)) in House with 1 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-06-03** Suspension of Rules in House
+- **2022-06-07** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
+- **2022-06-07** Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2022-06-08** Re-Assigned to Legislative Oversight & Sunset Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2022-06-14** Reported Out of Committee (Legislative Oversight & Sunset) in Senate with 3 Favorable `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-06-29** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
+- **2022-10-14** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/91539470-4747-4f28-a4ee-779dee31b113`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
+