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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO REPORTING SUSPECTED ANIMAL CRUELTY."
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description: "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."
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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 71"
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citation: "Delaware SB 71 (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 P. Sokola", "John \"Jack\" Walsh", "Laura V. Sturgeon", "Nicole Poore", "Paul S. Baumbach", "Peter C. Schwartzkopf", "Russell Huxtable", "S. Elizabeth Lockman", "Sean M. Lynn", "Stephanie L. Hansen"]
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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/f8dfbe73-c2ba-4e4c-8357-87bd50bc9c48"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=130127"
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source_hash: "30f63c4d930893a2c0ad3f41e485f124aa19eb41aa2d5dc6631a32dac0d4b654"
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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 71 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO REPORTING SUSPECTED ANIMAL CRUELTY.
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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.
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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=130127&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB71)
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## Votes
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- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **38–0** (pass) · lower
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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 P. Sokola — primary (person)
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- John "Jack" Walsh — 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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- Stephanie L. Hansen — 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 Health & Social Services Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2023-04-05** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 6 Favorable `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 Health & Human Development Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2023-05-03** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 3 Favorable, 6 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-05-09** Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 3 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/f8dfbe73-c2ba-4e4c-8357-87bd50bc9c48`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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