---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 7 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO LICENSES TO HUNT, TRAP, AND FISH."
description: "This bill allows our wounded warriors or similar veterans' organizations who have been honorably discharged from the armed forces of the United States and have at least a 60% service-connected disability to be able to obtain a license to hunt, trap, and fish in this State without charge."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "150"
identifier: "HB 156"
citation: "Delaware HB 156 (150)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian Pettyjohn", "Timothy D. Dukes"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-05-14"
last_action: "2019-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5091f1b2-ad67-487d-b91a-bf538b8a3de2"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=47476"
source_hash: "08dcffbf972027b252b2d59baa518c13bd5ae54ed8d162da3b6c463ec19a57bf"
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 156 (150) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 7 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO LICENSES TO HUNT, TRAP, AND FISH.

This bill allows our wounded warriors or similar veterans' organizations who have been honorably discharged from the armed forces of the United States and have at least a 60% service-connected disability to be able to obtain a license to hunt, trap, and fish in this State without charge.

## 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=47476&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB156)

## Votes

- SM — **39–0** (pass) · lower
- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
- Timothy D. Dukes — primary (person)
- Anthony Delcollo — cosponsor (person)
- Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
- Charles S Postles Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel B. Short — cosponsor (person)
- Dave G. Lawson — cosponsor (person)
- David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Earl G. Jaques Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Gerald W. Hocker — cosponsor (person)
- Richard G. Collins — cosponsor (person)
- Shannon Morris — cosponsor (person)
- Trey Paradee — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-05-14** Introduced and Assigned to Natural Resources Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-06-12** Reported Out of Committee (Natural Resources) in House with 6 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2019-06-20** Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT `passage`
- **2019-06-21** Assigned to Environmental & Natural Resources Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-06-26** Reported Out of Committee (Environmental & Natural Resources) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2019-06-27** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2019-08-01** 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/5091f1b2-ad67-487d-b91a-bf538b8a3de2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).