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SB 70 Delaware Senate · 152nd General Assembly (2023-2024)

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 10 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ANIMALS IN PROTECTION FROM ABUSE PROCEEDINGS.

Summary
This Act adds the following acts against a person's companion animal or service animal to the definition of abuse for protection from abuse proceedings: 1. Engaging in cruelty. 2. Inflicting physical injury. 3. Engaging in a course of alarming or distressing conduct. In addition, this Act provides specific authority for the Court to include provisions in a protection from abuse order that grant a petitioner exclusive care, custody, or control of a companion animal and order a petitioner to stay away from the companion animal. This Act also makes technical corrections to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2023
Committee Review
May 2023
Senate Passage
Apr 2023
House Passage
Jun 2023
Signed into Law
Jun 2023
Introduced Mar 28, 2023 Signed Jun 27, 2023
Floor votes · Senate Apr 25, 2023 · House Jun 15, 2023

How they voted

20–0
Passed
Total votes 20
Apr 25, 2023
D Democratic14
14 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican6
6 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
7
Key actions
5
Committee
2
Jun 27, 2023
Signed into law
Signed by Governor
executive
Jun 15, 2023
Lower · Passed
Passed By House. Votes: 34 YES 7 ABSENT
lower
May 17, 2023
Lower · Passed
Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 5 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits
lower
Apr 26, 2023
Introduced
Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House
lower
Apr 25, 2023
Upper · Passed
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
upper
Apr 5, 2023
Upper · Passed
Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in Senate with 4 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits
upper
Mar 28, 2023
Introduced
Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate
upper
17 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Brian Pettyjohn
Brian Pettyjohn
RRepublican
DE
19
P
Photo of Bryant Richardson
Bryant Richardson
RRepublican
DE
21
P
Photo of Cyndie Romer
Cyndie Romer
DDemocratic
DE
25
P
Photo of Danny Short
Danny Short
RRepublican
DE
39
P
Photo of Darius Brown
Darius Brown
DDemocratic
DE
2
P
Photo of Dave Sokola
Dave Sokola
DDemocratic
DE
8
P
Photo of Dave Wilson
Dave Wilson
RRepublican
DE
18
P
Photo of Jack Walsh
Jack Walsh
DDemocratic
DE
9
P
Photo of Kendra Johnson
Kendra Johnson
DDemocratic
DE
5
P
Photo of Laura Sturgeon
Laura Sturgeon
DDemocratic
DE
4
P
Photo of Nicole Poore
Nicole Poore
DDemocratic
DE
12
P
Photo of Paul Baumbach
Paul Baumbach
DDemocratic
DE
23
P
Photo of Pete Schwartzkopf
Pete Schwartzkopf
DDemocratic
DE
14
P
Photo of Russ Huxtable
Russ Huxtable
DDemocratic
DE
6
P
Photo of Sean Lynn
Sean Lynn
DDemocratic
DE
31
P
Photo of Sean Matthews
Sean Matthews
DDemocratic
DE
10
P
Photo of Tizzy Lockman
Tizzy Lockman
DDemocratic
DE
3