republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/149/sb-101.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO RETIRED RESEARCH ANIMALS.	Every year, over 100 million animals are used as subjects of scientific and medical research, as well as for educational purposes. As recently as 2015, over 19,000 cats and over 61,000 dogs were used in research. In Delaware in 2015, 82 cats and 85 dogs were used in research. While some dogs and cats are still obtained from Class B dealers, most dogs used in research today are bred either in laboratories or by private companies that sell strictly to labs. After these animals are used, they may be euthanized even though they may still be healthy and suited for adoption.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	149	SB 101	Delaware SB 101 (149)	bill		enacted	John Walsh Kimberly Williams	1	14	3	2017-06-06	2018-06-20	openstates	ocd-bill/1d9a418f-5a1b-4e91-9f9a-48ba74dd7619	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25867	79da683e45b6a381cbd07add6e228c942beeba1a630e30b8123e49e34636d9a4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware SB 101 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO RETIRED RESEARCH ANIMALS.

Every year, over 100 million animals are used as subjects of scientific and medical research, as well as for educational purposes. As recently as 2015, over 19,000 cats and over 61,000 dogs were used in research. In Delaware in 2015, 82 cats and 85 dogs were used in research. While some dogs and cats are still obtained from Class B dealers, most dogs used in research today are bred either in laboratories or by private companies that sell strictly to labs. After these animals are used, they may be euthanized even though they may still be healthy and suited for adoption.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 19–0 (pass) · upper
• SM — 24–14 (pass) · lower
• SM — 20–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• John Walsh — primary (person)
• Kimberly Williams — primary (person)
• Bryant L. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
• David Bentz — cosponsor (person)
• David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
• John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
• John J. Viola — cosponsor (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
• Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-06-06 Introduced and Assigned to Health, Children & Social Services Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2017-06-20 Amendment SA 1 to SB 101 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2017-06-21 Amendment SA 2 to SB 101 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2017-06-21 Reported Out of Committee (Health, Children & Social Services) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2017-06-27 Amendment SA 1 to SB 101 - Defeated By Senate. Votes: 21 NO amendment-failure
• 2017-06-27 Amendment SA 2 to SB 101 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT amendment-passage
• 2017-06-27 Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 1 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT passage
• 2017-06-28 Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2018-03-01 Amendment HA 1 to SB 101 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2018-03-28 Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 9 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2018-05-01 Amendment HA 1 to SB 101 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2018-05-01 Passed By House. Votes: 24 YES 14 NO 2 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT passage
• 2018-05-08 Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2018-06-20 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1d9a418f-5a1b-4e91-9f9a-48ba74dd7619. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).