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type title description jurisdiction legislature session identifier citation classification subjects status primary_sponsors version_count action_count vote_count first_action last_action source source_identifier source_url source_hash vintage source_snapshot retrieved_at confidence tags
Bill AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 13 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO COMPANION ANIMALS IN THE DISPOSITION OF MARITAL PROPERTY. This Act requires Family Court to award possession and provide for the care of companion animals when dividing marital property after considering the well-being of the companion animal. us/states/de Delaware General Assembly 152 HB 95 Delaware HB 95 (152)
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Brian Pettyjohn
Bryant L. Richardson
Cyndie Romer
Daniel B. Short
Darius J. Brown
David L. Wilson
David P. Sokola
John "Jack" Walsh
Krista Griffith
Laura V. Sturgeon
Nicole Poore
Paul S. Baumbach
Peter C. Schwartzkopf
Russell Huxtable
Sarah McBride
Sean M. Lynn
Sean Matthews
1 7 2 2023-03-28 2023-06-27 openstates ocd-bill/1fbaed7e-ead0-47fc-a61a-2f134e7c2d2e https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=130129 40097d500af0c3869e4e5fc54c5cf1d592c50822b4dbab9b6987cc6255daeaba 2026-07-01 https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump 2026-07-06 reported
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Delaware HB 95 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 13 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO COMPANION ANIMALS IN THE DISPOSITION OF MARITAL PROPERTY.

This Act requires Family Court to award possession and provide for the care of companion animals when dividing marital property after considering the well-being of the companion animal.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

  1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • SM — 210 (pass) · upper
  • SM — 360 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
  • Bryant L. Richardson — primary (person)
  • Cyndie Romer — primary (person)
  • Daniel B. Short — primary (person)
  • Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
  • David L. Wilson — primary (person)
  • David P. Sokola — primary (person)
  • John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
  • Krista Griffith — primary (person)
  • Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
  • Nicole Poore — primary (person)
  • Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
  • Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
  • Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
  • Sarah McBride — primary (person)
  • Sean M. Lynn — primary (person)
  • Sean Matthews — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2023-03-28 Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
  • 2023-04-26 Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 5 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2023-04-27 Passed By House. Votes: 36 YES 5 ABSENT passage
  • 2023-04-27 Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
  • 2023-05-10 Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2023-05-16 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
  • 2023-06-27 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1fbaed7e-ead0-47fc-a61a-2f134e7c2d2e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).