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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE MEDICAL CARE OF POLICE DOGS INJURED IN THE LINE OF DUTY."
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description: "This Act authorizes paramedics and other EMS providers to provide medical care to police dogs injured at the scene of an emergency. This Act also grants civil immunity to paramedics and other EMS providers who provide medical services to police dogs, so long as their efforts to assist the police dog were in good faith. However, this Act clarifies that in a situation where a human and a police dog need emergency medical care at the same time, the medical services personnel are prohibited from providing care to the police dog over the human, if the care of the police dog would hinder the human’s care."
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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: "SB 117"
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citation: "Delaware SB 117 (152)"
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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", "Daniel B. Short", "David L. Wilson", "David P. Sokola", "Eric Morrison", "John \"Jack\" Walsh", "Laura V. Sturgeon", "Lyndon D. Yearick", "Marie Pinkney", "Michael F. Smith", "Nicole Poore", "Paul S. Baumbach", "Peter C. Schwartzkopf", "Richard G. Collins", "Ronald E. Gray", "Russell Huxtable", "Ruth Briggs King", "Sarah McBride", "Sean Matthews", "Stell Parker Selby", "William J. Carson"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 9
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2023-05-09"
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last_action: "2023-08-10"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/85d5538e-2142-47c8-a309-693657c2d077"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=130337"
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source_hash: "361540a6f0a8076134857ecdae0b89da1328a491698a2b699059f603d8180f63"
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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 117 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE MEDICAL CARE OF POLICE DOGS INJURED IN THE LINE OF DUTY.
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This Act authorizes paramedics and other EMS providers to provide medical care to police dogs injured at the scene of an emergency. This Act also grants civil immunity to paramedics and other EMS providers who provide medical services to police dogs, so long as their efforts to assist the police dog were in good faith. However, this Act clarifies that in a situation where a human and a police dog need emergency medical care at the same time, the medical services personnel are prohibited from providing care to the police dog over the human, if the care of the police dog would hinder the human’s care.
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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=130337&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB117)
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2. **SA 1 to SB 117** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=140523&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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## Votes
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- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **38–0** (pass) · lower
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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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- Daniel B. Short — primary (person)
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- David L. Wilson — primary (person)
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- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
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- Eric Morrison — primary (person)
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- John "Jack" Walsh — 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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- Michael F. Smith — primary (person)
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- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
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- Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
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- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
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- Richard G. Collins — primary (person)
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- Ronald E. Gray — primary (person)
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- Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
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- Ruth Briggs King — primary (person)
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- Sarah McBride — primary (person)
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- Sean Matthews — 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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- **2023-05-09** Introduced and Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2023-05-17** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 6 Favorable `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-06-06** Amendment SA 1 to SB 117 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2023-06-06** Amendment SA 1 to SB 117 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `amendment-passage`
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- **2023-06-06** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2023-06-07** Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2023-06-20** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 1 Favorable, 13 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-06-27** Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 3 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2023-08-10** 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/85d5538e-2142-47c8-a309-693657c2d077`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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