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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 hunting for deer on Sundays. Additionally, it maintains the applicable agency regulating public lands authority and discretion to regulate, including prohibition of, deer hunting on Sundays. Lastly, the bill allows for the harvesting of deer on Sundays through DNRECs deer depredation programs. us/states/de Delaware General Assembly 149 SB 198 Delaware SB 198 (149)
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Delaware SB 198 (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 hunting for deer on Sundays. Additionally, it maintains the applicable agency regulating public lands authority and discretion to regulate, including prohibition of, deer hunting on Sundays. Lastly, the bill allows for the harvesting of deer on Sundays through DNRECs deer depredation programs.

Version chain

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

  1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • SM — 172 (pass) · upper
  • SM — 392 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Bruce C. Ennis — primary (person)
  • William J. Carson — primary (person)
  • Brian J. Bushweller — cosponsor (person)
  • Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
  • Daniel B. Short — cosponsor (person)
  • Dave G. Lawson — cosponsor (person)
  • Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
  • Gregory F. Lavelle — cosponsor (person)
  • Jeff N. Spiegelman — cosponsor (person)
  • Lyndon D. Yearick — cosponsor (person)
  • Quinton Johnson — cosponsor (person)
  • Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
  • Trey Charles Paradee — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2018-05-08 Introduced and Assigned to Environmental, Natural Resources & Energy Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
  • 2018-06-06 Reported Out of Committee (Environmental, Natural Resources & Energy) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits committee-passage
  • 2018-06-07 Passed By Senate. Votes: 17 YES 2 NO 2 ABSENT passage
  • 2018-06-12 Assigned to Agriculture Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
  • 2018-06-20 Reported Out of Committee (Agriculture) in House with 7 On Its Merits committee-passage
  • 2018-06-28 Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 NO passage
  • 2018-07-11 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/621d2d06-b85f-4776-8393-5be99166318a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).