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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 13 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO COMPANION ANIMALS IN THE DISPOSITION OF MARITAL PROPERTY."
+description: "This Act requires Family Court to award possession and provide for the care of companion animals when dividing marital property after considering the well-being of the companion animal."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
+legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
+session: "152"
+identifier: "HB 95"
+citation: "Delaware HB 95 (152)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Brian Pettyjohn", "Bryant L. Richardson", "Cyndie Romer", "Daniel B. Short", "Darius J. Brown", "David L. Wilson", "David P. Sokola", "John \"Jack\" Walsh", "Krista Griffith", "Laura V. Sturgeon", "Nicole Poore", "Paul S. Baumbach", "Peter C. Schwartzkopf", "Russell Huxtable", "Sarah McBride", "Sean M. Lynn", "Sean Matthews"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 7
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-03-28"
+last_action: "2023-06-27"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1fbaed7e-ead0-47fc-a61a-2f134e7c2d2e"
+source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=130129"
+source_hash: "40097d500af0c3869e4e5fc54c5cf1d592c50822b4dbab9b6987cc6255daeaba"
+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 95 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 13 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO COMPANION ANIMALS IN THE DISPOSITION OF MARITAL PROPERTY.
+
+This Act requires Family Court to award possession and provide for the care of companion animals when dividing marital property after considering the well-being of the companion animal.
+
+## 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=130129&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB95)
+
+## Votes
+
+- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
+- SM — **36–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
+- Bryant L. Richardson — primary (person)
+- Cyndie Romer — primary (person)
+- Daniel B. Short — primary (person)
+- Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
+- David L. Wilson — primary (person)
+- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
+- John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
+- Krista Griffith — primary (person)
+- Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
+- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
+- Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
+- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
+- Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
+- Sarah McBride — primary (person)
+- Sean M. Lynn — primary (person)
+- Sean Matthews — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-03-28** Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-26** Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 5 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-04-27** Passed By House. Votes: 36 YES 5 ABSENT `passage`
+- **2023-04-27** Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2023-05-10** Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-05-16** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
+- **2023-06-27** 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/1fbaed7e-ead0-47fc-a61a-2f134e7c2d2e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
+