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type: "Bill"
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title: "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."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "150"
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identifier: "SB 139"
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citation: "Delaware SB 139 (150)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Earl G. Jaques Jr.", "John \"Jack\" Walsh", "Kimberly Williams", "Stephanie L. Hansen"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2019-06-07"
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last_action: "2020-03-11"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/532ed33b-3907-4535-bda6-c7f7d2cecde2"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=47624"
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source_hash: "7484cdfbcddb5bcb438780b100a5ee94afaf84057200fe121880d9fc5c865992"
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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 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.
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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.
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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=47624&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB139)
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2. **HA 4 to SB 139** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=47973&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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3. **HA 5 to SB 139** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=47975&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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4. **SA 1 to SB 139** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=47752&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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## Votes
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- SM — **15–5** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **15–4** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **33–6** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Earl G. Jaques Jr. — primary (person)
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- John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
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- Kimberly Williams — primary (person)
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- Stephanie L. Hansen — primary (person)
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- Bryan W. Shupe — cosponsor (person)
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- Catherine Cloutier — cosponsor (person)
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- Darius J. Brown — cosponsor (person)
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- David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
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- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
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- Debra Heffernan — cosponsor (person)
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- Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
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- Ernesto B Lopez — cosponsor (person)
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- Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
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- John J. Viola — cosponsor (person)
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- John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
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- Laura V. Sturgeon — cosponsor (person)
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- Melissa Minor-Brown — cosponsor (person)
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- Nicole Poore — cosponsor (person)
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- Nnamdi O. Chukwuocha — cosponsor (person)
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- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
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- S. Elizabeth Lockman — cosponsor (person)
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- Sean M. Lynn — cosponsor (person)
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- Sean Matthews — cosponsor (person)
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- Trey Paradee — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-06-07** Introduced and Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2019-06-13** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2019-06-18** Amendment SA 1 to SB 139 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT `amendment-passage`
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- **2019-06-18** Passed By Senate. Votes: 14 YES 5 NO 2 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2019-06-19** Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2019-06-27** Amendment HA 1 to SB 139 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2019-06-27** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 8 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2020-01-21** Amendment HA 2 to SB 139 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2020-01-21** Amendment HA 3 to SB 139 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2020-01-21** Amendment HA 1 to SB 139 - Stricken in House
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- **2020-01-21** Amendment HA 2 to SB 139 - Stricken in House
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- **2020-01-21** Amendment HA 3 to SB 139 - Defeated In House by Voice Vote `amendment-failure`
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- **2020-01-21** Amendment HA 4 to SB 139 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2020-01-21** Amendment HA 5 to SB 139 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2020-01-21** Passed By House. Votes: 33 YES 6 NO 2 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2020-01-23** Passed By Senate. Votes: 15 YES 5 NO 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2020-03-11** 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/532ed33b-3907-4535-bda6-c7f7d2cecde2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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