republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/152/sb-117.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE MEDICAL CARE OF POLICE DOGS INJURED IN THE LINE OF DUTY.	This Act authorizes paramedics and other EMS providers to provide medical care to police dogs injured at the scene of an emergency. This Act also grants civil immunity to paramedics and other EMS providers who provide medical services to police dogs, so long as their efforts to assist the police dog were in good faith. However, this Act clarifies that in a situation where a human and a police dog need emergency medical care at the same time, the medical services personnel are prohibited from providing care to the police dog over the human, if the care of the police dog would hinder the human’s care.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	152	SB 117	Delaware SB 117 (152)	bill		enacted	Brian Pettyjohn Bryan Townsend Daniel B. Short David L. Wilson David P. Sokola Eric Morrison John "Jack" Walsh Laura V. Sturgeon Lyndon D. Yearick Marie Pinkney Michael F. Smith Nicole Poore Paul S. Baumbach Peter C. Schwartzkopf Richard G. Collins Ronald E. Gray Russell Huxtable Ruth Briggs King Sarah McBride Sean Matthews Stell Parker Selby William J. Carson	2	9	2	2023-05-09	2023-08-10	openstates	ocd-bill/85d5538e-2142-47c8-a309-693657c2d077	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=130337	361540a6f0a8076134857ecdae0b89da1328a491698a2b699059f603d8180f63	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware SB 117 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE MEDICAL CARE OF POLICE DOGS INJURED IN THE LINE OF DUTY.

This Act authorizes paramedics and other EMS providers to provide medical care to police dogs injured at the scene of an emergency. This Act also grants civil immunity to paramedics and other EMS providers who provide medical services to police dogs, so long as their efforts to assist the police dog were in good faith. However, this Act clarifies that in a situation where a human and a police dog need emergency medical care at the same time, the medical services personnel are prohibited from providing care to the police dog over the human, if the care of the police dog would hinder the human’s care.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source
2. SA 1 to SB 117 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 21–0 (pass) · upper
• SM — 38–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
• Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
• Daniel B. Short — primary (person)
• David L. Wilson — primary (person)
• David P. Sokola — primary (person)
• Eric Morrison — primary (person)
• John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
• Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
• Lyndon D. Yearick — primary (person)
• Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
• Michael F. Smith — primary (person)
• Nicole Poore — primary (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
• Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
• Richard G. Collins — primary (person)
• Ronald E. Gray — primary (person)
• Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
• Ruth Briggs King — primary (person)
• Sarah McBride — primary (person)
• Sean Matthews — primary (person)
• Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)
• William J. Carson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-05-09 Introduced and Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2023-05-17 Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 6 Favorable committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-06-06 Amendment SA 1 to SB 117 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2023-06-06 Amendment SA 1 to SB 117 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES amendment-passage
• 2023-06-06 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2023-06-07 Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2023-06-20 Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 1 Favorable, 13 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-06-27 Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 3 ABSENT passage
• 2023-08-10 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/85d5538e-2142-47c8-a309-693657c2d077. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).