republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/153/hb-278.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 7 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO REGULATIONS AND PROHIBITIONS CONCERNING GAME AND FISH.	This Act makes multiple changes to Title 7 of the Delaware Code. First it increases recreational hunting opportunities and clarifies that Sunday hunting is permitted for all game animals and game birds that the Department has established hunting seasons for, while allowing private landowners and public agencies discretion when and where Sunday hunting is permitted without being overly burdensome. This Act amends and simplifies the caliber of handgun ammunition permitted for deer hunting as well as updates the use of other hunting implements consistent with new and improved technology. This Act removes European and snowshoe hares as game animals and includes skunks and weasels as such.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	153	HB 278	Delaware HB 278 (153)	bill		enacted	Brian Pettyjohn Claire Snyder-Hall Dave G. Lawson David L. Wilson Franklin D. Cooke Jeffrey N. Spiegelman Kerri Evelyn Harris Nicole Poore Stell Parker Selby William J. Carson	2	11	2	2026-01-27	2026-06-10	openstates	ocd-bill/d5f3673d-6087-41af-94f6-5449f6fad3d5	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=142814	4931bf5b13415cc18613cf788b46bba15401f2b72c1aa093b4d353c4b73ef738	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 278 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 7 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO REGULATIONS AND PROHIBITIONS CONCERNING GAME AND FISH.

This Act makes multiple changes to Title 7 of the Delaware Code. First it increases recreational hunting opportunities and clarifies that Sunday hunting is permitted for all game animals and game birds that the Department has established hunting seasons for, while allowing private landowners and public agencies discretion when and where Sunday hunting is permitted without being overly burdensome. This Act amends and simplifies the caliber of handgun ammunition permitted for deer hunting as well as updates the use of other hunting implements consistent with new and improved technology. This Act removes European and snowshoe hares as game animals and includes skunks and weasels as such.

Version chain

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

1. HA 1 to HB 278 (committee substitute) — source
2. HA 2 to HB 278 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 38–1 (pass) · lower
• SM — 19–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
• Claire Snyder-Hall — primary (person)
• Dave G. Lawson — primary (person)
• David L. Wilson — primary (person)
• Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
• Jeffrey N. Spiegelman — primary (person)
• Kerri Evelyn Harris — primary (person)
• Nicole Poore — primary (person)
• Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)
• William J. Carson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-27 Introduced and Assigned to Natural Resources & Energy Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2026-03-10 Amendment HA 1 to HB 278 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2026-03-11 Reported Out of Committee (Natural Resources & Energy) in House with 6 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-17 Amendment HA 2 to HB 278 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2026-03-17 Amendment HA 1 to HB 278 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2026-03-17 Amendment HA 2 to HB 278 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2026-03-17 Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 1 NO 2 ABSENT passage
• 2026-03-17 Assigned to Environment, Energy & Transportation Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2026-05-05 Reported Out of Committee (Environment, Energy & Transportation) in Senate with 8 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2026-05-07 Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT passage
• 2026-06-10 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d5f3673d-6087-41af-94f6-5449f6fad3d5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).