republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/152/sb-269.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 AND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DOGS.	This Act simplifies and in some cases increases the civil penalties for violations of laws related to dogs that run at large, dogs that bite a human being or domestic animal while running at large, and dogs that are designated as dangerous or potentially dangerous. It also expands the requirements for keeping or maintaining a dangerous or potentially dangerous dog to include provisions related to licensing, vaccination, microchipping, and leashing.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	152	SB 269	Delaware SB 269 (152)	bill		enacted	Brian Pettyjohn Bryan Townsend David L. Wilson Edward S. Osienski John "Jack" Walsh Nicole Poore William Bush	3	13	3	2024-05-16	2024-08-29	openstates	ocd-bill/3c2ac6b6-68b6-49bc-aff8-faf0250041e4	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141420	18e8c9eaf8fab5eeaeef835d7248f7f9ee5319bb6f04c965de533e5e65dad833	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware SB 269 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 AND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DOGS.

This Act simplifies and in some cases increases the civil penalties for violations of laws related to dogs that run at large, dogs that bite a human being or domestic animal while running at large, and dogs that are designated as dangerous or potentially dangerous. It also expands the requirements for keeping or maintaining a dangerous or potentially dangerous dog to include provisions related to licensing, vaccination, microchipping, and leashing.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source
2. HA 1 to HA 1 to SS 1 for SB 269 (committee substitute) — source
3. HA 1 to SS 1 for SB 269 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 21–0 (pass) · upper
• SM — 21–0 (pass) · upper
• SM — 41–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
• Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
• David L. Wilson — primary (person)
• Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
• John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
• Nicole Poore — primary (person)
• William Bush — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-05-16 was introduced and adopted in lieu of SB 269 introduction
• 2024-05-21 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2024-05-22 Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-06-06 Amendment HA 1 to SS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2024-06-12 Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 2 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-06-20 Amendment HA 2 to SS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2024-06-30 Amendment HA 1 to HA 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2024-06-30 Amendment HA 1 to HA 1 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2024-06-30 Amendment HA 1 to SS 1 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2024-06-30 Amendment HA 2 to SS 1 - Stricken in House
• 2024-06-30 Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES passage
• 2024-06-30 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2024-08-29 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3c2ac6b6-68b6-49bc-aff8-faf0250041e4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).