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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO RETIRED LAW-ENFORCEMENT CANINES."
+description: "This act requires that an owner be reimbursed up to $1,500 annually for veterinary care expenses paid by the owner for the care of a law-enforcement canine retired from a police department of a political subdivision of the State of Delaware."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
+legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
+session: "152"
+identifier: "HB 287"
+citation: "Delaware HB 287 (152)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Brian Pettyjohn", "Bryan Townsend", "Bryan W. Shupe", "Daniel B. Short", "David L. Wilson", "Edward S. Osienski", "Franklin D. Cooke", "John \"Jack\" Walsh", "Lyndon D. Yearick", "Michael F. Smith", "Paul S. Baumbach", "Sean M. Lynn", "Timothy D. Dukes"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 7
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2024-01-17"
+last_action: "2024-10-23"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/05fbe198-6734-4943-8c21-3b4df6f4e043"
+source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=140855"
+source_hash: "03a918c6a4f512be0add2b57ba9ca798f43f1ce091dfafac95fc77345b003fe5"
+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 287 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO RETIRED LAW-ENFORCEMENT CANINES.
+
+This act requires that an owner be reimbursed up to $1,500 annually for veterinary care expenses paid by the owner for the care of a law-enforcement canine retired from a police department of a political subdivision of the State of Delaware.
+
+## 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=140855&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB287)
+
+## Votes
+
+- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
+- SM — **35–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
+- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
+- Bryan W. Shupe — primary (person)
+- Daniel B. Short — primary (person)
+- David L. Wilson — primary (person)
+- Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
+- Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
+- John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
+- Lyndon D. Yearick — primary (person)
+- Michael F. Smith — primary (person)
+- Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
+- Sean M. Lynn — primary (person)
+- Timothy D. Dukes — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-01-17** Introduced and Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2024-03-27** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 14 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
+- **2024-05-07** Passed By House. Votes: 35 YES 6 ABSENT `passage`
+- **2024-05-07** Assigned to Corrections & Public Safety Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2024-05-22** Reported Out of Committee (Corrections & Public Safety) in Senate with 6 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
+- **2024-06-26** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
+- **2024-10-23** 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/05fbe198-6734-4943-8c21-3b4df6f4e043`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
+