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Bill AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO IMPOUNDMENT OF ANIMALS. Under this bill, when the State incurs costs for impounding an animal and the owner fails to pay the costs, the time in which ownership of the animal reverts to the State is reduced from 30 days to 15 days. us/states/de Delaware General Assembly 152 SB 109 Delaware SB 109 (152)
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John "Jack" Walsh
Kerri Evelyn Harris
Laura V. Sturgeon
Nicole Poore
Peter C. Schwartzkopf
Sean Matthews
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Delaware SB 109 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO IMPOUNDMENT OF ANIMALS.

Under this bill, when the State incurs costs for impounding an animal and the owner fails to pay the costs, the time in which ownership of the animal reverts to the State is reduced from 30 days to 15 days.

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 — 380 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
  • John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
  • Kerri Evelyn Harris — primary (person)
  • Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
  • Nicole Poore — primary (person)
  • Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
  • Sean Matthews — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2023-05-04 Introduced and Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
  • 2023-05-10 Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2023-05-16 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
  • 2023-05-17 Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
  • 2023-06-14 Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 2 Favorable, 7 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2023-06-27 Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 3 ABSENT passage
  • 2023-08-24 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/737cedd2-9add-4027-8955-bdfcc4024b6c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).