republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/152/hb-271.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 7 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO REGULATIONS AND PROHIBITIONS CONCERNING GAME AND FISH.	Currently, section 712 of Title 7 of the Delaware Code prohibits the hunting of any game birds or game animals (except deer) on Sundays. This Bill eliminates the prohibition against hunting game birds on Sundays. The Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control still has authority to establish and regulate season dates, bag limits and enforcement for the hunting of game birds.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	152	HB 271	Delaware HB 271 (152)	bill		enacted	Brian Pettyjohn Bryan Townsend Cyndie Romer David L. Wilson Franklin D. Cooke John "Jack" Walsh Kendra Johnson Kerri Evelyn Harris Laura V. Sturgeon Lyndon D. Yearick Nicole Poore Peter C. Schwartzkopf Ronald E. Gray Russell Huxtable Shannon Morris Spiros Mantzavinos Trey Paradee William Bush William J. Carson	2	9	2	2024-01-04	2024-05-30	openstates	ocd-bill/af8fcbb5-d881-400d-a081-230de090a975	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=140815	657b7d47547fb230254889fb889753f7eb17a4843bb86296a0bcedd0cc1ba74b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 271 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 7 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO REGULATIONS AND PROHIBITIONS CONCERNING GAME AND FISH.

Currently, section 712 of Title 7 of the Delaware Code prohibits the hunting of any game birds or game animals (except deer) on Sundays. This Bill eliminates the prohibition against hunting game birds on Sundays. The Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control still has authority to establish and regulate season dates, bag limits and enforcement for the hunting of game birds.

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 271 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 20–0 (pass) · upper
• SM — 37–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
• Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
• Cyndie Romer — primary (person)
• David L. Wilson — primary (person)
• Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
• John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
• Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
• Kerri Evelyn Harris — primary (person)
• Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
• Lyndon D. Yearick — primary (person)
• Nicole Poore — primary (person)
• Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
• Ronald E. Gray — primary (person)
• Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
• Shannon Morris — primary (person)
• Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
• Trey Paradee — primary (person)
• William Bush — primary (person)
• William J. Carson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-04 Introduced and Assigned to Natural Resources & Energy Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-01-23 Reported Out of Committee (Natural Resources & Energy) in House with 2 Favorable, 8 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-01-24 Amendment HA 1 to HB 271 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2024-01-25 Amendment HA 1 to HB 271 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2024-01-25 Passed By House. Votes: 37 YES 4 ABSENT passage
• 2024-01-25 Assigned to Environment, Energy & Transportation Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-03-13 Reported Out of Committee (Environment, Energy & Transportation) in Senate with 8 Favorable committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-19 Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2024-05-30 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/af8fcbb5-d881-400d-a081-230de090a975. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).