---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 24 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO VETERINARY MEDICINE."
description: "This Act does all of the following:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "152"
identifier: "SB 168"
citation: "Delaware SB 168 (152)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Peter C. Schwartzkopf", "Russell Huxtable", "Sherry Dorsey Walker", "Stell Parker Selby"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-06-08"
last_action: "2023-09-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/301de1f0-e6f3-4d9a-b342-6301c3d0552c"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=140558"
source_hash: "01bc4484b6cbf0934078240676f587322f4b09ed65e7ba37caad26ad875e634e"
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 168 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 24 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO VETERINARY MEDICINE.

This Act does all of the following:

## 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=140558&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB168)

## Votes

- SM — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- 3/5 — **41–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
- Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
- Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
- Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-08** Introduced and Assigned to Legislative Oversight & Sunset Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-14** Reported Out of Committee (Legislative Oversight & Sunset) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-15** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2023-06-16** Assigned to Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability) Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-20** Reported Out of Committee (Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability)) in House with 2 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-30** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
- **2023-09-21** 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/301de1f0-e6f3-4d9a-b342-6301c3d0552c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).