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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO RETIRED LAW-ENFORCEMENT ANIMALS."
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description: "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."
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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: "SB 38"
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citation: "Delaware SB 38 (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", "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"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 9
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-01-10"
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last_action: "2025-08-20"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f2a42b3a-fd78-42eb-a571-cf03810c0edb"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141754"
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source_hash: "2832ddf2fc815aea79ce609eb79d22e6a96caee732d34264906aff181df3ba23"
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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 38 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO RETIRED LAW-ENFORCEMENT ANIMALS.
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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.
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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. **SA 1 to SB 38** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=141826&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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## Votes
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- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
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- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
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- Bryan W. Shupe — primary (person)
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- Bryant L. Richardson — primary (person)
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- Claire Snyder-Hall — primary (person)
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- Daniel B. Short — primary (person)
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- Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
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- Dave G. Lawson — primary (person)
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- David L. Wilson — primary (person)
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- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
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- Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
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- John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
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- Josue O Ortega — primary (person)
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- Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
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- Lyndon D. Yearick — primary (person)
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- Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
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- Melanie Ross Levin — primary (person)
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- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
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- Ray Seigfried — primary (person)
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- Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
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- Sarah McBride — primary (person)
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- Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
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- Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)
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- Trey Paradee — 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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- **2025-01-10** Introduced and Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-28** Amendment SA 1 to SB 38 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2025-03-19** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 6 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-25** Amendment SA 1 to SB 38 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-03-25** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2025-03-26** Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-09** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 8 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-06-12** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2025-08-20** 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/f2a42b3a-fd78-42eb-a571-cf03810c0edb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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