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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 3 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO LIVESTOCK AT LARGE."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "150"
identifier: "HB 231"
citation: "Delaware HB 231 (150)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bruce C. Ennis", "William J. Carson"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-06-17"
last_action: "2019-07-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/09b84c54-ded1-4c52-81de-fdde34cfa6cd"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=47728"
source_hash: "9424e5f360d397f2a1019fdf2e3e7ddc5581a42ad9e5d96114a2e34ac508cb95"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["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](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=47728&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB231)
2. **HA 1 to HB 231** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=47840&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
## Votes
- SM — **400** (pass) · lower
- SM — **200** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/09b84c54-ded1-4c52-81de-fdde34cfa6cd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).