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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ANIMAL SHELTERS."
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description: "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."
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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: "SB 129"
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citation: "Delaware SB 129 (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", "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"]
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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: "2023-05-12"
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last_action: "2023-08-17"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/33b3cff5-bcaa-4b01-aa8a-9920d5516ed3"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=140389"
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source_hash: "abef45b8794fec2b5c2c9b18ea55c259352a7b0e816f2d2878e5af746b22252b"
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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 SB 129 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ANIMAL SHELTERS.
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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.
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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=140389&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB129)
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2. **SA 1 to SB 129** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=140459&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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## Votes
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- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **38–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
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- Daniel B. Short — 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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- Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
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- Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
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- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
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- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
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- Sarah McBride — primary (person)
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- Sean Matthews — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-05-12** Introduced and Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2023-05-17** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 6 Favorable `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-06-01** Amendment SA 1 to SB 129 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2023-06-06** Amendment SA 1 to SB 129 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `amendment-passage`
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- **2023-06-06** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2023-06-07** Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2023-06-14** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 1 Favorable, 9 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-06-27** Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 3 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2023-08-17** 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/33b3cff5-bcaa-4b01-aa8a-9920d5516ed3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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