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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 11 AND 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO STERILIZATION, LIFE AND SUSTAINING CARE OF CATS."
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description: "This bill encourages spaying, neutering, and vaccination in order to limit the number of unwanted cats and protect the public from rabies and other diseases carried by unvaccinated animals. The bill defines “free-roaming cats” and also “free-roaming cat caretakers,” who are one or more persons who may provide food, shelter, or medical treatment for free roaming cats without becoming an “owner” for legal purposes. These cats may be released back into the community with an “ear-tip” to mark them as a vaccinated and spayed/neutered. It also adds free-roaming cats to the list of qualifying factors for participation in the state low-cost spay/neuter fund."
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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 235"
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citation: "Delaware HB 235 (149)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Michael Mulrooney", "Nicole Poore"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 9
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2017-06-15"
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last_action: "2018-10-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ef0f608a-d4f5-4ee4-959f-5568228e3cf7"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25982"
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source_hash: "d618f5a74cc463f67fa5ccb1f935f64953589ccd5a7b81a47029002ef8939c3e"
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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 235 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 11 AND 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO STERILIZATION, LIFE AND SUSTAINING CARE OF CATS.
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This bill encourages spaying, neutering, and vaccination in order to limit the number of unwanted cats and protect the public from rabies and other diseases carried by unvaccinated animals. The bill defines “free-roaming cats” and also “free-roaming cat caretakers,” who are one or more persons who may provide food, shelter, or medical treatment for free roaming cats without becoming an “owner” for legal purposes. These cats may be released back into the community with an “ear-tip” to mark them as a vaccinated and spayed/neutered. It also adds free-roaming cats to the list of qualifying factors for participation in the state low-cost spay/neuter fund.
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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=25982&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB235)
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## Votes
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- SM — **40–1** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Michael Mulrooney — primary (person)
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- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
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- Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
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- Helene M. Keeley — cosponsor (person)
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- John J. Viola — cosponsor (person)
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- John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
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- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
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- Trey Charles Paradee — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-06-15** Introduced and Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2018-05-09** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 12 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2018-06-05** Amendment HA 1 to HB 235 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2018-06-07** Amendment HA 1 to HB 235 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2018-06-07** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 NO `passage`
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- **2018-06-09** Assigned to Health, Children & Social Services Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2018-06-20** Reported Out of Committee (Health, Children & Social Services) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2018-06-26** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2018-10-01** 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/ef0f608a-d4f5-4ee4-959f-5568228e3cf7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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