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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO RETIRED RESEARCH ANIMALS."
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description: "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."
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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: "SB 101"
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citation: "Delaware SB 101 (149)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["John Walsh", "Kimberly Williams"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 14
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2017-06-06"
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last_action: "2018-06-20"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1d9a418f-5a1b-4e91-9f9a-48ba74dd7619"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25867"
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source_hash: "79da683e45b6a381cbd07add6e228c942beeba1a630e30b8123e49e34636d9a4"
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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 SB 101 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO RETIRED RESEARCH ANIMALS.
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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.
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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=25867&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB101)
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## Votes
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- SM — **19–0** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **24–14** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **20–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- John Walsh — primary (person)
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- Kimberly Williams — primary (person)
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- Bryant L. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
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- David Bentz — cosponsor (person)
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- David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
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- John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
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- John J. Viola — cosponsor (person)
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- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
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- Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-06-06** Introduced and Assigned to Health, Children & Social Services Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2017-06-20** Amendment SA 1 to SB 101 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2017-06-21** Amendment SA 2 to SB 101 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **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`
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- **2017-06-27** Amendment SA 1 to SB 101 - Defeated By Senate. Votes: 21 NO `amendment-failure`
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- **2017-06-27** Amendment SA 2 to SB 101 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `amendment-passage`
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- **2017-06-27** Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 1 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2017-06-28** Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2018-03-01** Amendment HA 1 to SB 101 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2018-03-28** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 9 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2018-05-01** Amendment HA 1 to SB 101 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2018-05-01** Passed By House. Votes: 24 YES 14 NO 2 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2018-05-08** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2018-06-20** 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/1d9a418f-5a1b-4e91-9f9a-48ba74dd7619`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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