republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/150/sb-139.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 AND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CRUELTY TO DOGS AND SPECIFICATIONS FOR HUMANE HANDLING, CARE AND TREATMENT OF DOGS.	In an effort to ensure the safety and wellbeing of dogs, this legislation improves shelter and tether standards in hazardous weather conditions, including clarifying restrictions on outdoor housing and tethering for dogs during hazardous weather conditions that pose a serious adverse risk to the health and safety of dogs. This bill also aims to improve public safety by prohibiting dogs from running at-large without a leash in public outdoor settings, with the exception of working dogs and permits dogs off leash on private property or where property owner has given the dog owner permission.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	150	SB 139	Delaware SB 139 (150)	bill		enacted	Earl G. Jaques Jr. John "Jack" Walsh Kimberly Williams Stephanie L. Hansen	4	17	3	2019-06-07	2020-03-11	openstates	ocd-bill/532ed33b-3907-4535-bda6-c7f7d2cecde2	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=47624	7484cdfbcddb5bcb438780b100a5ee94afaf84057200fe121880d9fc5c865992	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware SB 139 (150) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 AND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CRUELTY TO DOGS AND SPECIFICATIONS FOR HUMANE HANDLING, CARE AND TREATMENT OF DOGS.

In an effort to ensure the safety and wellbeing of dogs, this legislation improves shelter and tether standards in hazardous weather conditions, including clarifying restrictions on outdoor housing and tethering for dogs during hazardous weather conditions that pose a serious adverse risk to the health and safety of dogs. This bill also aims to improve public safety by prohibiting dogs from running at-large without a leash in public outdoor settings, with the exception of working dogs and permits dogs off leash on private property or where property owner has given the dog owner permission.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source
2. HA 4 to SB 139 (committee substitute) — source
3. HA 5 to SB 139 (committee substitute) — source
4. SA 1 to SB 139 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 15–5 (pass) · upper
• SM — 15–4 (pass) · upper
• SM — 33–6 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Earl G. Jaques Jr. — primary (person)
• John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
• Kimberly Williams — primary (person)
• Stephanie L. Hansen — primary (person)
• Bryan W. Shupe — cosponsor (person)
• Catherine Cloutier — cosponsor (person)
• Darius J. Brown — cosponsor (person)
• David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
• David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
• Debra Heffernan — cosponsor (person)
• Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
• Ernesto B Lopez — cosponsor (person)
• Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
• John J. Viola — cosponsor (person)
• John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
• Laura V. Sturgeon — cosponsor (person)
• Melissa Minor-Brown — cosponsor (person)
• Nicole Poore — cosponsor (person)
• Nnamdi O. Chukwuocha — cosponsor (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
• S. Elizabeth Lockman — cosponsor (person)
• Sean M. Lynn — cosponsor (person)
• Sean Matthews — cosponsor (person)
• Trey Paradee — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-06-07 Introduced and Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2019-06-13 Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2019-06-18 Amendment SA 1 to SB 139 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT amendment-passage
• 2019-06-18 Passed By Senate. Votes: 14 YES 5 NO 2 ABSENT passage
• 2019-06-19 Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2019-06-27 Amendment HA 1 to SB 139 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2019-06-27 Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 8 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2020-01-21 Amendment HA 2 to SB 139 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2020-01-21 Amendment HA 3 to SB 139 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2020-01-21 Amendment HA 1 to SB 139 - Stricken in House
• 2020-01-21 Amendment HA 2 to SB 139 - Stricken in House
• 2020-01-21 Amendment HA 3 to SB 139 - Defeated In House by Voice Vote amendment-failure
• 2020-01-21 Amendment HA 4 to SB 139 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2020-01-21 Amendment HA 5 to SB 139 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2020-01-21 Passed By House. Votes: 33 YES 6 NO 2 ABSENT passage
• 2020-01-23 Passed By Senate. Votes: 15 YES 5 NO 1 ABSENT passage
• 2020-03-11 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/532ed33b-3907-4535-bda6-c7f7d2cecde2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).