Delaware House Bill 124

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-3)
Status: Introduced on April 20 2023 - 25% progression
Action: 2023-05-09 - Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House
Pending: House Appropriations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

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.

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.

Rep. Eric Morrison [D]	Sen. Kyle Gay [D]	Rep. Melissa Minor-Brown [D]	Sen. Gerald Hocker [R]
Rep. Paul Baumbach [D]	Rep. Ronald Gray [R]	Rep. Michael Ramone [R]	Rep. Madinah Wilson-Anton [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-05-09		Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House
2023-05-04		Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 2 Favorable, 6 On Its Merits, 1 Unfavorable
2023-05-04		Amendment HA 1 to HB 124 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
2023-04-20		Introduced and Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=130227
Text	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=130227&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB124