Delaware Senate Bill 217 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-1)
Status: Passed on May 25 2016 - 100% progression
Action: 2016-05-25 - Signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

This bill reassigns the responsibility of dog control and dangerous dog management from the counties of this state to the Delaware Division of Public Health Office of Animal Welfare, and updates procedures for handling dangerous and potentially dangerous dog hearings for a more fair and equitable process. The bill also reassigns the responsibility for stray livestock response from the Delaware SPCA to the Delaware Department of Agriculture, with support from animal welfare officers of the Department of Health and Social Services. The bill replaces the variety of terms used for persons enforcing dog control, rabies, and dangerous dog laws throughout the Delaware Code to one consistent term, animal welfare officer, and provides clarity on provisions to protect outdoor dogs from severe cold or hazardous weather. Finally, the bill removes animal control constable from the roles that can be appointed by the county under Title 10. This Act also makes technical corrections to conform existing law to the guidelines of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual, especially with regard to adding serial commas throughout.

An Act To Amend Titles 3, 9, 10, And 16 Of The Delaware Code And Chapters 375, Volume 79 Of The Laws Of Delaware Relating To Stray Livestock, Dogs, Dangerous Dogs And Animal Control.

Sen. Patricia Blevins [D]	Rep. Earl Jaques [D]	Sen. Karen Peterson [D]	Sen. Brian Bushweller [D]
Sen. Bruce Ennis [D]	Sen. Margaret Henry [D]	Rep. David Bentz [D]	Rep. Stephanie Bolden [D]
Rep. Debra Heffernan [D]	Rep. Michael Mulrooney [D]	Rep. Edward Osienski [D]	Rep. Melanie Smith [D]
Sen. David Wilson [R]	Rep. Paul Baumbach [D]

2016-05-18 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 18 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-05-17 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 2) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-05-25	House	Signed by Governor
2016-05-18	Senate	Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 18 YES 3 NO 0 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2016-05-17	House	Passed by House of Representatives. Votes: Passed 38 YES 0 NO 1 NOT VOTING 2 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2016-05-17	House	Amendment HA 1 - Passed in House by Voice Vote
2016-05-17	House	Amendment HA 1 - Introduced in House
2016-05-11	House	Reported Out of Committee (HEALTH & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT) in House with 1 Favorable, 8 On Its Merits
2016-05-05	House	Introduced and Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House
2016-05-04	Senate	Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 18 YES 2 NO 0 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2016-05-04	Senate	Amendment SA 1 - Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 20 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2016-05-04	Senate	Amendment SA 1 - Introduced in Senate
2016-04-13	Senate	Reported Out of Committee (HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits
2016-03-24	Senate	Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate

Type	Source
Summary	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis148.nsf/2bede841c6272c888025698400433a04/ffc586883493fb1185257f6a0065b12d?OpenDocument
Text	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis148.nsf/vwLegislation/SB+217/$file/legis.html?open
Text	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis148.nsf/EngrossmentsforLookup/SB+217/$file/Engross.html?open
Roll Call	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis148.nsf/7712cf7cc0e9227a852568470077336f/614f087ee65dd8b185257fb6006e85bb?OpenDocument
Roll Call	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis148.nsf/7712cf7cc0e9227a852568470077336f/eb5407691c93339285257fb700779daa?OpenDocument