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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 10 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ANIMALS IN PROTECTION FROM ABUSE PROCEEDINGS."
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description: "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:"
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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 70"
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citation: "Delaware SB 70 (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", "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"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 7
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2023-03-28"
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last_action: "2023-06-27"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6212ef9d-0363-4b3f-8192-bcd928883527"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=130128"
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source_hash: "3f3f9ca7f78d9f181597410106cd332760a7e33cf5ab7fb39d80ba90942f7101"
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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 70 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 10 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ANIMALS IN PROTECTION FROM ABUSE PROCEEDINGS.
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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:
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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=130128&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB70)
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## Votes
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- SM — **34–0** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
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- Bryant L. Richardson — primary (person)
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- Cyndie Romer — primary (person)
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- Daniel B. Short — primary (person)
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- Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
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- David L. Wilson — primary (person)
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- David P. Sokola — 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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- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
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- Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
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- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
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- Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
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- S. Elizabeth Lockman — primary (person)
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- Sean M. Lynn — 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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- **2023-03-28** Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2023-04-05** Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in Senate with 4 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-04-25** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2023-04-26** Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2023-05-17** Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 5 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-06-15** Passed By House. Votes: 34 YES 7 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2023-06-27** 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/6212ef9d-0363-4b3f-8192-bcd928883527`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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