---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 3 AND 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO RABIES AND OTHER VACCINATION REQUIREMENTS, AND LICENSING."
description: "This Act supports veterinarians in their effort to protect people from rabies and to ensure the welfare of animals."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "150"
identifier: "HB 214"
citation: "Delaware HB 214 (150)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Earl G. Jaques Jr.", "Gerald W. Hocker", "John \"Jack\" Walsh", "Ronald E. Gray"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-06-12"
last_action: "2020-07-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b699d2d7-1652-42e6-b72f-f3c0c6019efd"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=47669"
source_hash: "c847853ea4859368e7a89914d6e3a8ecb8b340b4062ad4958f43bec427027159"
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 214 (150) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 3 AND 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO RABIES AND OTHER VACCINATION REQUIREMENTS, AND LICENSING.

This Act supports veterinarians in their effort to protect people from rabies and to ensure the welfare of animals.

## 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=47669&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB214)
2. **HA 1 to HB 214** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=47767&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
3. **HA 2 to HB 214** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=47809&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)

## Votes

- SM — **41–0** (pass) · lower
- SM — **20–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Earl G. Jaques Jr. — primary (person)
- Gerald W. Hocker — primary (person)
- John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
- Ronald E. Gray — primary (person)
- Bryan W. Shupe — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-12** Introduced and Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-06-19** Amendment HA 1 to HB 214 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-06-19** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 7 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2019-06-24** Amendment HA 2 to HB 214 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-06-30** Amendment HA 1 to HB 214 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-30** Amendment HA 2 to HB 214 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-30** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
- **2019-12-19** Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-01-21** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-28** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2020-07-23** 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/b699d2d7-1652-42e6-b72f-f3c0c6019efd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).