republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/150/hb-231.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 3 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO LIVESTOCK AT LARGE.	This Act authorizes the Department of Agriculture to impose civil penalties consistent with the amounts imposed in other states when livestock have been found to have run at large on the public highways or on unenclosed land within the State. This Act adds a provision as exists in the Delaware False Claims Act, 6 Del. C §1204(f), allowing for the enforcement as judgments of administrative orders that are final and no longer subject to judicial review. Lastly, the Act makes technical corrections to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	150	HB 231	Delaware HB 231 (150)	bill		enacted	Bruce C. Ennis William J. Carson	2	7	2	2019-06-17	2019-07-23	openstates	ocd-bill/09b84c54-ded1-4c52-81de-fdde34cfa6cd	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=47728	9424e5f360d397f2a1019fdf2e3e7ddc5581a42ad9e5d96114a2e34ac508cb95	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 231 (150) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 3 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO LIVESTOCK AT LARGE.

This Act authorizes the Department of Agriculture to impose civil penalties consistent with the amounts imposed in other states when livestock have been found to have run at large on the public highways or on unenclosed land within the State. This Act adds a provision as exists in the Delaware False Claims Act, 6 Del. C §1204(f), allowing for the enforcement as judgments of administrative orders that are final and no longer subject to judicial review. Lastly, the Act makes technical corrections to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source
2. HA 1 to HB 231 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 40–0 (pass) · lower
• SM — 20–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bruce C. Ennis — primary (person)
• William J. Carson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-06-17 Introduced and Assigned to Agriculture Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2019-06-19 Reported Out of Committee (Agriculture) in House with 8 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2019-06-26 Amendment HA 1 to HB 231 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2019-06-26 Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2019-06-30 Suspension of Rules in Senate
• 2019-06-30 Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2019-07-23 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/09b84c54-ded1-4c52-81de-fdde34cfa6cd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).