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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 11, 16, AND 22 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DOGS."
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description: "This bill provides Statewide consistency in the law that protects the public from dangerous dogs and clarifies that dogs may not be held potentially dangerous or dangerous for animal control enforcement or for purposes of criminal liability based solely on breed-specific criteria. Findings to deem a dog dangerous will be based on actions of the dog, or an individualized demonstration of vicious behavior. It also prohibits municipalities from enacting breed-specific ordinances or regulations. The bill deletes outdated references to the now-defunct Dog Control Panel and replaces them with reference to the Justice of the Peace Court procedure laid out in Chapter 30F of Title 16."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "149"
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identifier: "HB 13"
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citation: "Delaware HB 13 (149)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Charles Potter Jr.", "David P. Sokola"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 12
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2016-12-15"
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last_action: "2017-06-02"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b0ff26ff-5322-49f8-bd18-02d455ee2392"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25339"
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source_hash: "829b26a8f0ee39fa0df124f71e2241d8a2097134cf57931bb8a9c0be2ac21403"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
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---
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# Delaware HB 13 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 11, 16, AND 22 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DOGS.
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This bill provides Statewide consistency in the law that protects the public from dangerous dogs and clarifies that dogs may not be held potentially dangerous or dangerous for animal control enforcement or for purposes of criminal liability based solely on breed-specific criteria. Findings to deem a dog dangerous will be based on actions of the dog, or an individualized demonstration of vicious behavior. It also prohibits municipalities from enacting breed-specific ordinances or regulations. The bill deletes outdated references to the now-defunct Dog Control Panel and replaces them with reference to the Justice of the Peace Court procedure laid out in Chapter 30F of Title 16.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=25339&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB13)
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## Votes
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- 2/3 — **25–12** (fail) · lower
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- 2/3 — **30–10** (pass) · lower
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- 2/3 — **16–4** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Charles Potter Jr. — primary (person)
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- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
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- Kimberly Williams — cosponsor (person)
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- Margaret Rose Henry — cosponsor (person)
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- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
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- Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
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- Stephanie T. Bolden — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2016-12-15** Introduced and Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2017-03-15** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 9 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2017-03-21** Defeated By House. Votes: 25 YES 12 NO 1 NOT VOTING 3 ABSENT `failure`
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- **2017-03-23** Restored in House
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- **2017-03-23** Roll Call Rescinded in House
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- **2017-03-23** Amendment HA 1 to HB 13 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2017-03-23** Amendment HA 1 to HB 13 - Defeated By House. Votes: 16 YES 24 NO 1 ABSENT `amendment-failure`
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- **2017-03-23** Passed By House. Votes: 30 YES 10 NO 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2017-03-28** Assigned to Health, Children & Social Services Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2017-04-26** Reported Out of Committee (Health, Children & Social Services) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2017-04-27** Passed By Senate. Votes: 16 YES 4 NO 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2017-06-02** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b0ff26ff-5322-49f8-bd18-02d455ee2392`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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