republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/152/sb-176.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO RETIRED LAW-ENFORCEMENT CANINES.	This Act requires that an owner be reimbursed up to $1,500 annually for veterinary care expenses paid by the owner for the care of a retired law-enforcement canine.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	152	SB 176	Delaware SB 176 (152)	bill		enacted	Brian Pettyjohn Bryan Townsend Bryant L. Richardson Daniel B. Short Darius J. Brown Dave G. Lawson David L. Wilson David P. Sokola Franklin D. Cooke John "Jack" Walsh Kendra Johnson Laura V. Sturgeon Marie Pinkney Nicole Poore Paul S. Baumbach Peter C. Schwartzkopf Russell Huxtable Ruth Briggs King S. Elizabeth Lockman Sarah McBride Sean M. Lynn Sean Matthews Spiros Mantzavinos Stell Parker Selby Trey Paradee William J. Carson	1	7	2	2023-06-13	2023-08-10	openstates	ocd-bill/3e0aaea4-693d-4156-a960-1efb684a9077	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=140600	3a54b7bbd9e8a18c8eff96d3a4875d8536aad0c832d2ad0b334c74bc49a1b190	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware SB 176 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO RETIRED LAW-ENFORCEMENT CANINES.

This Act requires that an owner be reimbursed up to $1,500 annually for veterinary care expenses paid by the owner for the care of a retired law-enforcement canine.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 19–0 (pass) · upper
• SM — 41–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
• Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
• Bryant L. Richardson — primary (person)
• Daniel B. Short — primary (person)
• Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
• Dave G. Lawson — primary (person)
• David L. Wilson — primary (person)
• David P. Sokola — 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)
• Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
• Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
• Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
• Ruth Briggs King — primary (person)
• S. Elizabeth Lockman — primary (person)
• Sarah McBride — primary (person)
• Sean M. Lynn — primary (person)
• Sean Matthews — primary (person)
• Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
• Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)
• Trey Paradee — primary (person)
• William J. Carson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-06-13 Introduced and Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2023-06-21 Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-06-22 Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT passage
• 2023-06-23 Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2023-06-28 Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 1 Favorable, 12 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-06-30 Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES passage
• 2023-08-10 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3e0aaea4-693d-4156-a960-1efb684a9077. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).