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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 7 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO REGULATIONS AND PROHIBITIONS CONCERNING GAME AND FISH."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "153"
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identifier: "HB 278"
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citation: "Delaware HB 278 (153)"
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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", "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"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 11
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2026-01-27"
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last_action: "2026-06-10"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d5f3673d-6087-41af-94f6-5449f6fad3d5"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=142814"
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source_hash: "4931bf5b13415cc18613cf788b46bba15401f2b72c1aa093b4d353c4b73ef738"
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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 HB 278 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 7 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO REGULATIONS AND PROHIBITIONS CONCERNING GAME AND FISH.
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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.
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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. **HA 1 to HB 278** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=142917&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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2. **HA 2 to HB 278** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=142952&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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## Votes
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- SM — **38–1** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **19–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
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- Claire Snyder-Hall — primary (person)
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- Dave G. Lawson — primary (person)
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- David L. Wilson — primary (person)
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- Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
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- Jeffrey N. Spiegelman — primary (person)
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- Kerri Evelyn Harris — primary (person)
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- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
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- Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)
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- William J. Carson — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-27** Introduced and Assigned to Natural Resources & Energy Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-10** Amendment HA 1 to HB 278 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2026-03-11** Reported Out of Committee (Natural Resources & Energy) in House with 6 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-17** Amendment HA 2 to HB 278 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2026-03-17** Amendment HA 1 to HB 278 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2026-03-17** Amendment HA 2 to HB 278 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2026-03-17** Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 1 NO 2 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2026-03-17** Assigned to Environment, Energy & Transportation Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2026-05-05** Reported Out of Committee (Environment, Energy & Transportation) in Senate with 8 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2026-05-07** Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2026-06-10** 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/d5f3673d-6087-41af-94f6-5449f6fad3d5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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