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---
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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 AND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DOGS."
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description: "This Act simplifies and in some cases increases the civil penalties for violations of laws related to dogs that run at large, dogs that bite a human being or domestic animal while running at large, and dogs that are designated as dangerous or potentially dangerous. It also expands the requirements for keeping or maintaining a dangerous or potentially dangerous dog to include provisions related to licensing, vaccination, microchipping, and leashing."
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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 269"
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citation: "Delaware SB 269 (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", "David L. Wilson", "Edward S. Osienski", "John \"Jack\" Walsh", "Nicole Poore", "William Bush"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 13
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2024-05-16"
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last_action: "2024-08-29"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3c2ac6b6-68b6-49bc-aff8-faf0250041e4"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141420"
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source_hash: "18e8c9eaf8fab5eeaeef835d7248f7f9ee5319bb6f04c965de533e5e65dad833"
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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 269 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 AND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DOGS.
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This Act simplifies and in some cases increases the civil penalties for violations of laws related to dogs that run at large, dogs that bite a human being or domestic animal while running at large, and dogs that are designated as dangerous or potentially dangerous. It also expands the requirements for keeping or maintaining a dangerous or potentially dangerous dog to include provisions related to licensing, vaccination, microchipping, and leashing.
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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=141420&legislationTypeId=6&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SS1forSB269)
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2. **HA 1 to HA 1 to SS 1 for SB 269** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=141702&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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3. **HA 1 to SS 1 for SB 269** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=141502&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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## Votes
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- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **41–0** (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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- David L. Wilson — primary (person)
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- Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
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- John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
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- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
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- William Bush — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-05-16** was introduced and adopted in lieu of SB 269 `introduction`
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- **2024-05-21** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2024-05-22** Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2024-06-06** Amendment HA 1 to SS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2024-06-12** Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 2 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-06-20** Amendment HA 2 to SS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2024-06-30** Amendment HA 1 to HA 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2024-06-30** Amendment HA 1 to HA 1 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2024-06-30** Amendment HA 1 to SS 1 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2024-06-30** Amendment HA 2 to SS 1 - Stricken in House
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- **2024-06-30** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
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- **2024-06-30** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2024-08-29** 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/3c2ac6b6-68b6-49bc-aff8-faf0250041e4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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