republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/151/sb-179.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 AND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ANIMAL WELFARE.	This Act clarifies the language enacted by Senate Bill No. 139 of the 150th General Assembly (“SB 139”) regarding when dogs may be permitted to run at large. This Act corrects errors in § 1325 of Title 11 and § 3048F of Title 16, by making revisions to conform the Code so it is consistent with the policy changes enacted by SB 139 and the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	151	SB 179	Delaware SB 179 (151)	bill		enacted	John "Jack" Walsh Kimberly Williams Stephanie L. Hansen	1	8	2	2021-06-09	2021-09-15	openstates	ocd-bill/846233bb-2580-4d06-abeb-d66940dfe0dd	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=78870	31b5bea402e07eb994ae63c38579ff73923969149050e086226dd94ad7397568	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware SB 179 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 AND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ANIMAL WELFARE.

This Act clarifies the language enacted by Senate Bill No. 139 of the 150th General Assembly (“SB 139”) regarding when dogs may be permitted to run at large. This Act corrects errors in § 1325 of Title 11 and § 3048F of Title 16, by making revisions to conform the Code so it is consistent with the policy changes enacted by SB 139 and 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

Votes

• 2/3 — 41–0 (pass) · lower
• SM — 17–4 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
• Kimberly Williams — primary (person)
• Stephanie L. Hansen — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-06-09 Introduced and Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-06-17 Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-06-17 Passed By Senate. Votes: 17 YES 4 NO passage
• 2021-06-18 Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-06-22 Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 2 Favorable, 6 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-06-25 Suspension of Rules in House
• 2021-06-29 Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES passage
• 2021-09-15 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/846233bb-2580-4d06-abeb-d66940dfe0dd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).