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| Bill | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 7 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO REGULATIONS AND PROHIBITIONS CONCERNING GAME AND FISH. | This Bill eliminates the prohibition against the mere possession of a body-gripping trap with a jaw spread in excess of 5 inches, while maintaining the prohibition against actually using one in Delaware. This modification is necessary because many licensed Delaware trappers legally trap in other states where such traps are legal and it also allows trap collectors to possess the larger traps while maintaining the prohibition against their actual use. | us/states/de | Delaware General Assembly | 149 | HB 329 | Delaware HB 329 (149) |
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Delaware HB 329 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 7 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO REGULATIONS AND PROHIBITIONS CONCERNING GAME AND FISH.
This Bill eliminates the prohibition against the mere possession of a body-gripping trap with a jaw spread in excess of 5 inches, while maintaining the prohibition against actually using one in Delaware. This modification is necessary because many licensed Delaware trappers legally trap in other states where such traps are legal and it also allows trap collectors to possess the larger traps while maintaining the prohibition against their actual use.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Bill Text (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- SM — 21–0 (pass) · upper
- SM — 39–1 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Bruce C. Ennis — primary (person)
- William J. Carson — primary (person)
- Brian J. Bushweller — cosponsor (person)
- Dave G. Lawson — cosponsor (person)
- Gerald W. Hocker — cosponsor (person)
- Harvey R. Kenton — cosponsor (person)
- James Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff N. Spiegelman — cosponsor (person)
- John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
- Ronald E. Gray — cosponsor (person)
- Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2018-03-01 Introduced and Assigned to Natural Resources Committee in House
introduction, referral-committee - 2018-03-28 Reported Out of Committee (Natural Resources) in House with 9 On Its Merits
committee-passage - 2018-06-28 Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 1 NO 1 ABSENT
passage - 2018-06-30 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
passage - 2018-08-10 Signed by Governor
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8015fa31-a930-4acb-ba78-9c39ac205a78. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).