republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/152/sb-70.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 10 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ANIMALS IN PROTECTION FROM ABUSE PROCEEDINGS.	This Act adds the following acts against a person's companion animal or service animal to the definition of abuse for protection from abuse proceedings:	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	152	SB 70	Delaware SB 70 (152)	bill		enacted	Brian Pettyjohn Bryant L. Richardson Cyndie Romer Daniel B. Short Darius J. Brown David L. Wilson David P. Sokola John "Jack" Walsh Kendra Johnson Laura V. Sturgeon Nicole Poore Paul S. Baumbach Peter C. Schwartzkopf Russell Huxtable S. Elizabeth Lockman Sean M. Lynn Sean Matthews	1	7	2	2023-03-28	2023-06-27	openstates	ocd-bill/6212ef9d-0363-4b3f-8192-bcd928883527	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=130128	3f3f9ca7f78d9f181597410106cd332760a7e33cf5ab7fb39d80ba90942f7101	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware SB 70 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 10 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ANIMALS IN PROTECTION FROM ABUSE PROCEEDINGS.

This Act adds the following acts against a person's companion animal or service animal to the definition of abuse for protection from abuse proceedings:

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 34–0 (pass) · lower
• SM — 21–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
• Bryant L. Richardson — primary (person)
• Cyndie Romer — primary (person)
• Daniel B. Short — primary (person)
• Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
• David L. Wilson — primary (person)
• David P. Sokola — primary (person)
• John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
• Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
• Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
• Nicole Poore — primary (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
• Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
• Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
• S. Elizabeth Lockman — primary (person)
• Sean M. Lynn — primary (person)
• Sean Matthews — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-03-28 Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2023-04-05 Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in Senate with 4 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-04-25 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2023-04-26 Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2023-05-17 Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 5 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-06-15 Passed By House. Votes: 34 YES 7 ABSENT passage
• 2023-06-27 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6212ef9d-0363-4b3f-8192-bcd928883527. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).