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| Bill | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO REPORTING SUSPECTED ANIMAL CRUELTY. | This Act requires law-enforcement agencies, the Department of Services for Children, Youth and Their Families, and the Department of Justice to report suspected animal cruelty to the Office of Animal Welfare that is discovered while performing their responsibilities in child welfare cases. This Act also provides immunity to people who in good faith, report suspected animal cruelty. | us/states/de | Delaware General Assembly | 152 | SB 71 | Delaware SB 71 (152) |
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1 | 7 | 2 | 2023-03-28 | 2023-06-27 | openstates | ocd-bill/f8dfbe73-c2ba-4e4c-8357-87bd50bc9c48 | https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=130127 | 30f63c4d930893a2c0ad3f41e485f124aa19eb41aa2d5dc6631a32dac0d4b654 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Delaware SB 71 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO REPORTING SUSPECTED ANIMAL CRUELTY.
This Act requires law-enforcement agencies, the Department of Services for Children, Youth and Their Families, and the Department of Justice to report suspected animal cruelty to the Office of Animal Welfare that is discovered while performing their responsibilities in child welfare cases. This Act also provides immunity to people who in good faith, report suspected animal cruelty.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Bill Text (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- SM — 21–0 (pass) · upper
- SM — 38–0 (pass) · lower
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 P. Sokola — primary (person)
- John "Jack" Walsh — 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)
- Stephanie L. Hansen — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2023-03-28 Introduced and Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate
introduction, referral-committee - 2023-04-05 Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 6 Favorable
committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable - 2023-04-25 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
passage - 2023-04-26 Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House
introduction, referral-committee - 2023-05-03 Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 3 Favorable, 6 On Its Merits
committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable - 2023-05-09 Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 3 ABSENT
passage - 2023-06-27 Signed by Governor
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f8dfbe73-c2ba-4e4c-8357-87bd50bc9c48. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).