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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 7 AND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO NOISE CONTROL AND ENFORCEMENT OF LAWS FOR PROTECTION AND CONTROL OF ANIMALS AND BARKING DOGS."
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description: "This Act eliminates animal noise and noise disturbances from the Noise Control and Abatement Chapter in Title 7. This Act clarifies the authority of the Office of Animal Welfare and Department of Agriculture to enforce all state laws relating to the protection and control of animals with, as occasion requires, the assistance of police officers. This Act also adds restrictions concerning barking dogs with other provisions concerning dogs currently being enforced by the Office of Animal Welfare. This Act does not prohibit municipalities from enforcing their own dog laws or ordinances if they have their own enforcement agency. This Act clarifies that police officers shall assist the Office of Animal Welfare, as occasion requires, with the enforcement of all State and local dog control laws."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "152"
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identifier: "HB 124"
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citation: "Delaware HB 124 (152)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Eric Morrison", "Kendra Johnson", "Madinah Wilson-Anton", "Michael Ramone", "Paul S. Baumbach", "Ronald E. Gray", "Stell Parker Selby", "Trey Paradee"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 20
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2023-04-20"
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last_action: "2024-10-09"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/04ea0ec3-95a6-4841-8c42-3a65309909df"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=130227"
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source_hash: "1fbe0a6897f72b372f43578109f71fc530ce675d3c10dceb1c84137bfb6951f5"
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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 124 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 7 AND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO NOISE CONTROL AND ENFORCEMENT OF LAWS FOR PROTECTION AND CONTROL OF ANIMALS AND BARKING DOGS.
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This Act eliminates animal noise and noise disturbances from the Noise Control and Abatement Chapter in Title 7. This Act clarifies the authority of the Office of Animal Welfare and Department of Agriculture to enforce all state laws relating to the protection and control of animals with, as occasion requires, the assistance of police officers. This Act also adds restrictions concerning barking dogs with other provisions concerning dogs currently being enforced by the Office of Animal Welfare. This Act does not prohibit municipalities from enforcing their own dog laws or ordinances if they have their own enforcement agency. This Act clarifies that police officers shall assist the Office of Animal Welfare, as occasion requires, with the enforcement of all State and local dog control laws.
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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=130227&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB124)
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2. **HA 1 to HB 124** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=130313&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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3. **SA 1 to HB 124** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=141684&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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4. **SA 2 to HB 124** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=141697&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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## Votes
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- SM — **38–2** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **13–8** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **35–4** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Eric Morrison — primary (person)
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- Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
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- Madinah Wilson-Anton — primary (person)
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- Michael Ramone — primary (person)
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- Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
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- Ronald E. Gray — primary (person)
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- Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)
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- Trey Paradee — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-04-20** Introduced and Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2023-05-04** Amendment HA 1 to HB 124 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2023-05-04** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 2 Favorable, 6 On Its Merits, 1 Unfavorable `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2023-05-09** Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2024-06-12** Reported Out of Committee (Appropriations) in House with 6 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2024-06-18** Amendment HA 1 to HB 124 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2024-06-18** Passed By House. Votes: 35 YES 4 NO 2 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2024-06-18** Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2024-06-26** Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2024-06-26** Assigned to Finance Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2024-06-27** Amendment SA 1 to HB 124 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2024-06-27** Reported Out of Committee (Finance) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2024-06-27** Amendment SA 1 to HB 124 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 17 YES 4 NO `amendment-passage`
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- **2024-06-27** Laid On Table in Senate
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- **2024-06-27** Amendment SA 2 to HB 124 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2024-06-27** Lifted From Table in Senate
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- **2024-06-27** Amendment SA 2 to HB 124 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `amendment-passage`
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- **2024-06-27** Passed By Senate. Votes: 13 YES 8 NO `passage`
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- **2024-06-30** Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 2 NO 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2024-10-09** 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/04ea0ec3-95a6-4841-8c42-3a65309909df`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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