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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 7 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO REGULATIONS AND PROHIBITIONS CONCERNING GAME AND FISH."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "152"
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identifier: "HB 271"
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citation: "Delaware HB 271 (152)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["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"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 9
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2024-01-04"
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last_action: "2024-05-30"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/af8fcbb5-d881-400d-a081-230de090a975"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=140815"
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source_hash: "657b7d47547fb230254889fb889753f7eb17a4843bb86296a0bcedd0cc1ba74b"
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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 HB 271 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 7 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO REGULATIONS AND PROHIBITIONS CONCERNING GAME AND FISH.
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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.
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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=140815&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB271)
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2. **HA 1 to HB 271** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=140886&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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## Votes
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- SM — **20–0** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **37–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
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- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
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- Cyndie Romer — primary (person)
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- David L. Wilson — primary (person)
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- Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
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- John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
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- Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
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- Kerri Evelyn Harris — primary (person)
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- Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
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- Lyndon D. Yearick — primary (person)
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- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
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- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
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- Ronald E. Gray — primary (person)
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- Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
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- Shannon Morris — primary (person)
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- Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
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- Trey Paradee — primary (person)
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- William Bush — primary (person)
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- William J. Carson — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-01-04** Introduced and Assigned to Natural Resources & Energy Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-23** Reported Out of Committee (Natural Resources & Energy) in House with 2 Favorable, 8 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-01-24** Amendment HA 1 to HB 271 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2024-01-25** Amendment HA 1 to HB 271 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2024-01-25** Passed By House. Votes: 37 YES 4 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2024-01-25** Assigned to Environment, Energy & Transportation Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2024-03-13** Reported Out of Committee (Environment, Energy & Transportation) in Senate with 8 Favorable `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-03-19** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2024-05-30** 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/af8fcbb5-d881-400d-a081-230de090a975`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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