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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 retired law-enforcement canine."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
+legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
+session: "152"
+identifier: "SB 176"
+citation: "Delaware SB 176 (152)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Brian Pettyjohn", "Bryan Townsend", "Bryant L. Richardson", "Daniel B. Short", "Darius J. Brown", "Dave G. Lawson", "David L. Wilson", "David P. Sokola", "Franklin D. Cooke", "John \"Jack\" Walsh", "Kendra Johnson", "Laura V. Sturgeon", "Marie Pinkney", "Nicole Poore", "Paul S. Baumbach", "Peter C. Schwartzkopf", "Russell Huxtable", "Ruth Briggs King", "S. Elizabeth Lockman", "Sarah McBride", "Sean M. Lynn", "Sean Matthews", "Spiros Mantzavinos", "Stell Parker Selby", "Trey Paradee", "William J. Carson"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 7
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-06-13"
+last_action: "2023-08-10"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3e0aaea4-693d-4156-a960-1efb684a9077"
+source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=140600"
+source_hash: "3a54b7bbd9e8a18c8eff96d3a4875d8536aad0c832d2ad0b334c74bc49a1b190"
+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 SB 176 (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 retired law-enforcement canine.
+
+## 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=140600&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB176)
+
+## Votes
+
+- SM — **19–0** (pass) · upper
+- SM — **41–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
+- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
+- Bryant L. Richardson — primary (person)
+- Daniel B. Short — primary (person)
+- Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
+- Dave G. Lawson — primary (person)
+- David L. Wilson — primary (person)
+- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
+- Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
+- John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
+- Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
+- Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
+- Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
+- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
+- Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
+- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
+- Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
+- Ruth Briggs King — primary (person)
+- S. Elizabeth Lockman — primary (person)
+- Sarah McBride — primary (person)
+- Sean M. Lynn — primary (person)
+- Sean Matthews — primary (person)
+- Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
+- Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)
+- Trey Paradee — primary (person)
+- William J. Carson — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-06-13** Introduced and Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2023-06-21** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-06-22** Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT `passage`
+- **2023-06-23** Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2023-06-28** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 1 Favorable, 12 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-06-30** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
+- **2023-08-10** 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/3e0aaea4-693d-4156-a960-1efb684a9077`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
+