republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/153/sb-38.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO RETIRED LAW-ENFORCEMENT ANIMALS.	This Act provides financial support to owners who adopt a horse that retired from serving with the Department of Correction, State or Capitol police, the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control, or the Office of the State Fire Marshal. The owners of these retired-law enforcement horses may be reimbursed up to $3,000 annually for veterinary care expenses and farrier services paid by the owner for the care of the retired law-enforcement horse. The Department that the retired law-enforcement horse assisted shall issue veterinary care and farrier services reimbursements and promulgate regulations to create a reimbursement process for retired law-enforcement horses.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	153	SB 38	Delaware SB 38 (153)	bill		enacted	Brian Pettyjohn Bryan Townsend Bryan W. Shupe Bryant L. Richardson Claire Snyder-Hall Daniel B. Short Darius J. Brown Dave G. Lawson David L. Wilson David P. Sokola Franklin D. Cooke John "Jack" Walsh Josue O Ortega Laura V. Sturgeon Lyndon D. Yearick Marie Pinkney Melanie Ross Levin Nicole Poore Ray Seigfried Russell Huxtable Sarah McBride Spiros Mantzavinos Stell Parker Selby Trey Paradee William J. Carson	1	9	2	2025-01-10	2025-08-20	openstates	ocd-bill/f2a42b3a-fd78-42eb-a571-cf03810c0edb	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141754	2832ddf2fc815aea79ce609eb79d22e6a96caee732d34264906aff181df3ba23	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware SB 38 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO RETIRED LAW-ENFORCEMENT ANIMALS.

This Act provides financial support to owners who adopt a horse that retired from serving with the Department of Correction, State or Capitol police, the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control, or the Office of the State Fire Marshal. The owners of these retired-law enforcement horses may be reimbursed up to $3,000 annually for veterinary care expenses and farrier services paid by the owner for the care of the retired law-enforcement horse. The Department that the retired law-enforcement horse assisted shall issue veterinary care and farrier services reimbursements and promulgate regulations to create a reimbursement process for retired law-enforcement horses.

Version chain

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

1. SA 1 to SB 38 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 40–0 (pass) · lower
• SM — 21–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
• Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
• Bryan W. Shupe — primary (person)
• Bryant L. Richardson — primary (person)
• Claire Snyder-Hall — primary (person)
• Daniel B. Short — primary (person)
• Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
• Dave G. Lawson — primary (person)
• David L. Wilson — primary (person)
• David P. Sokola — primary (person)
• Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
• John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
• Josue O Ortega — primary (person)
• Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
• Lyndon D. Yearick — primary (person)
• Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
• Melanie Ross Levin — primary (person)
• Nicole Poore — primary (person)
• Ray Seigfried — primary (person)
• Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
• Sarah McBride — primary (person)
• Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
• Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)
• Trey Paradee — primary (person)
• William J. Carson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-10 Introduced and Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2025-01-28 Amendment SA 1 to SB 38 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2025-03-19 Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 6 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-25 Amendment SA 1 to SB 38 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES amendment-passage
• 2025-03-25 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2025-03-26 Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2025-04-09 Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 8 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-06-12 Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2025-08-20 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f2a42b3a-fd78-42eb-a571-cf03810c0edb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).