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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 25 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO RENTAL AGREEMENTS."
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description: "This Act prohibits a landlord from requiring a tenant declaw a cat as a condition for entering into or renewing a rental agreement. This Act also makes technical corrections to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "151"
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identifier: "HB 386"
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citation: "Delaware HB 386 (151)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Andria L. Bennett", "John \"Jack\" Walsh", "Kimberly Williams", "Paul S. Baumbach", "Trey Paradee"]
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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: "2022-04-13"
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last_action: "2022-10-26"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ee037bb5-06c5-4efd-be88-51db99e7423d"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=109364"
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source_hash: "d9d4d3bd46ac2629e8e161da747dbffb435697e1bbd78769940747506f4b04a3"
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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 386 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 25 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO RENTAL AGREEMENTS.
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This Act prohibits a landlord from requiring a tenant declaw a cat as a condition for entering into or renewing a rental agreement. This Act also makes technical corrections to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual.
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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=109364&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB386)
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## Votes
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- SM — **15–5** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **24–13** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Andria L. Bennett — primary (person)
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- John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
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- Kimberly Williams — primary (person)
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- Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
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- Trey Paradee — primary (person)
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- Laura V. Sturgeon — cosponsor (person)
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- Sean M. Lynn — cosponsor (person)
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- Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-04-13** Introduced and Assigned to Housing & Community Affairs Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2022-05-04** Reported Out of Committee (Housing & Community Affairs) in House with 2 Favorable, 6 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-06-16** Passed By House. Votes: 24 YES 13 NO 1 NOT VOTING 3 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2022-06-16** Assigned to Housing Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2022-06-29** Reported Out of Committee (Housing) in Senate with 6 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2022-06-30** Passed By Senate. Votes: 15 YES 5 NO 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2022-10-26** 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/ee037bb5-06c5-4efd-be88-51db99e7423d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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