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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 3 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO STRAY LIVESTOCK."
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description: "This Act more effectively and efficiently clarifies the enforcement authority of the Department of Agriculture regarding livestock at large. The offenses will now be civil penalties rather than criminal fines, expenses for impoundment will be reimbursed by the violator, and other sources of media can be used to give public notice of impoundment or sale of any livestock at large. This Act is intended to penalize repeat offenders that knowingly let their livestock run at large."
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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 36"
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citation: "Delaware SB 36 (149)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bruce C. Ennis", "Dave G. Lawson", "F. Gary Simpson", "William J. Carson"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 7
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2017-03-21"
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last_action: "2017-06-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4531ffbc-7865-4aaa-ac8a-e2c520cf1b6d"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25492"
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source_hash: "8db7a46dd08017c8b49c670572f52657b491dab867996f26b3ea253c02c94ac6"
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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 36 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 3 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO STRAY LIVESTOCK.
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This Act more effectively and efficiently clarifies the enforcement authority of the Department of Agriculture regarding livestock at large. The offenses will now be civil penalties rather than criminal fines, expenses for impoundment will be reimbursed by the violator, and other sources of media can be used to give public notice of impoundment or sale of any livestock at large. This Act is intended to penalize repeat offenders that knowingly let their livestock run at large.
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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=25492&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB36)
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## Votes
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- SM — **17–0** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bruce C. Ennis — primary (person)
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- Dave G. Lawson — primary (person)
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- F. Gary Simpson — primary (person)
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- William J. Carson — primary (person)
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- Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
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- David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
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- Lyndon D. Yearick — cosponsor (person)
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- Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
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- Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
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- Trey Charles Paradee — cosponsor (person)
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- William R. Outten — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-03-21** Introduced and Assigned to Agriculture Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2017-03-29** Reported Out of Committee (Agriculture) in Senate with 4 Favorable `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2017-03-30** Passed By Senate. Votes: 17 YES 4 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2017-04-04** Assigned to Agriculture Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2017-04-26** Reported Out of Committee (Agriculture) in House with 4 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2017-05-02** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2017-06-08** 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/4531ffbc-7865-4aaa-ac8a-e2c520cf1b6d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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