republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/152/sb-129.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ANIMAL SHELTERS.	The Act updates the Delaware Code concerning animal shelter standards and treatment of animals in shelters to reflect best practices, which are currently already being followed by most shelters. The Act also fills in gaps in existing law, such as by requiring that animals be vaccinated against rabies before adoption or release and by setting standards for feeding and access to water, facilities and enclosures, and sanitation and disease control.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	152	SB 129	Delaware SB 129 (152)	bill		enacted	Brian Pettyjohn Daniel B. Short Franklin D. Cooke John "Jack" Walsh Kendra Johnson Laura V. Sturgeon Marie Pinkney Nicole Poore Peter C. Schwartzkopf Sarah McBride Sean Matthews	2	9	2	2023-05-12	2023-08-17	openstates	ocd-bill/33b3cff5-bcaa-4b01-aa8a-9920d5516ed3	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=140389	abef45b8794fec2b5c2c9b18ea55c259352a7b0e816f2d2878e5af746b22252b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware SB 129 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ANIMAL SHELTERS.

The Act updates the Delaware Code concerning animal shelter standards and treatment of animals in shelters to reflect best practices, which are currently already being followed by most shelters. The Act also fills in gaps in existing law, such as by requiring that animals be vaccinated against rabies before adoption or release and by setting standards for feeding and access to water, facilities and enclosures, and sanitation and disease control.

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 129 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

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

Sponsors

• Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
• Daniel B. Short — primary (person)
• Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
• John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
• Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
• Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
• Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
• Nicole Poore — primary (person)
• Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
• Sarah McBride — primary (person)
• Sean Matthews — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-05-12 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
• 2023-06-01 Amendment SA 1 to SB 129 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2023-06-06 Amendment SA 1 to SB 129 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT 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
• 2023-06-14 Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 1 Favorable, 9 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-06-27 Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 3 ABSENT passage
• 2023-08-17 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/33b3cff5-bcaa-4b01-aa8a-9920d5516ed3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).