republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/152/hb-124.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 7 AND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO NOISE CONTROL AND ENFORCEMENT OF LAWS FOR PROTECTION AND CONTROL OF ANIMALS AND BARKING DOGS.	This Act eliminates animal noise and noise disturbances from the Noise Control and Abatement Chapter in Title 7. This Act clarifies the authority of the Office of Animal Welfare and Department of Agriculture to enforce all state laws relating to the protection and control of animals with, as occasion requires, the assistance of police officers. This Act also adds restrictions concerning barking dogs with other provisions concerning dogs currently being enforced by the Office of Animal Welfare. This Act does not prohibit municipalities from enforcing their own dog laws or ordinances if they have their own enforcement agency. This Act clarifies that police officers shall assist the Office of Animal Welfare, as occasion requires, with the enforcement of all State and local dog control laws.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	152	HB 124	Delaware HB 124 (152)	bill		enacted	Eric Morrison Kendra Johnson Madinah Wilson-Anton Michael Ramone Paul S. Baumbach Ronald E. Gray Stell Parker Selby Trey Paradee	4	20	3	2023-04-20	2024-10-09	openstates	ocd-bill/04ea0ec3-95a6-4841-8c42-3a65309909df	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=130227	1fbe0a6897f72b372f43578109f71fc530ce675d3c10dceb1c84137bfb6951f5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 124 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 7 AND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO NOISE CONTROL AND ENFORCEMENT OF LAWS FOR PROTECTION AND CONTROL OF ANIMALS AND BARKING DOGS.

This Act eliminates animal noise and noise disturbances from the Noise Control and Abatement Chapter in Title 7. This Act clarifies the authority of the Office of Animal Welfare and Department of Agriculture to enforce all state laws relating to the protection and control of animals with, as occasion requires, the assistance of police officers. This Act also adds restrictions concerning barking dogs with other provisions concerning dogs currently being enforced by the Office of Animal Welfare. This Act does not prohibit municipalities from enforcing their own dog laws or ordinances if they have their own enforcement agency. This Act clarifies that police officers shall assist the Office of Animal Welfare, as occasion requires, with the enforcement of all State and local dog control laws.

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 124 (committee substitute) — source
3. SA 1 to HB 124 (committee substitute) — source
4. SA 2 to HB 124 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 38–2 (pass) · lower
• SM — 13–8 (pass) · upper
• SM — 35–4 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Eric Morrison — primary (person)
• Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
• Madinah Wilson-Anton — primary (person)
• Michael Ramone — primary (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
• Ronald E. Gray — primary (person)
• Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)
• Trey Paradee — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-04-20 Introduced and Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2023-05-04 Amendment HA 1 to HB 124 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2023-05-04 Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 2 Favorable, 6 On Its Merits, 1 Unfavorable committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2023-05-09 Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-06-12 Reported Out of Committee (Appropriations) in House with 6 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2024-06-18 Amendment HA 1 to HB 124 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2024-06-18 Passed By House. Votes: 35 YES 4 NO 2 ABSENT passage
• 2024-06-18 Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-06-26 Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2024-06-26 Assigned to Finance Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-06-27 Amendment SA 1 to HB 124 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2024-06-27 Reported Out of Committee (Finance) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2024-06-27 Amendment SA 1 to HB 124 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 17 YES 4 NO amendment-passage
• 2024-06-27 Laid On Table in Senate
• 2024-06-27 Amendment SA 2 to HB 124 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2024-06-27 Lifted From Table in Senate
• 2024-06-27 Amendment SA 2 to HB 124 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES amendment-passage
• 2024-06-27 Passed By Senate. Votes: 13 YES 8 NO passage
• 2024-06-30 Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 2 NO 1 ABSENT passage
• 2024-10-09 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/04ea0ec3-95a6-4841-8c42-3a65309909df. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).