2023-2024 Regular Session • Delaware Legislature
SB198: An Act To Amend Title 11 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Animal Fighting.
Legislative Summary
This Act revises existing animal cruelty laws to include people who knowingly possess, own, buy, sell, transfer, or manufacture animal fighting paraphernalia with the intent to engage in or otherwise promote or facilitate such fighting as guilty of a class E felony.
Bill History
1/4/2024
Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate
3/20/2024
Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits
3/28/2024
Passed By Senate. Votes: 17 YES 1 NO 2 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT
4/11/2024
Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House
5/8/2024
Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 7 On Its Merits
6/27/2024
Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES
8/29/2024
Signed by Governor
Roll Call Votes
House Third Reading
6/27/2024
41
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
Senate Third Reading
3/28/2024
17
Yea
1
Nay
2
Not Voting
1
Absent
Result: PASSED
Status Information
Current Status
Passed(8/29/2024)
Chamber
Senate
Sine DiePrior Session
Sponsors
Democrat: 14
Republican: 5
Primary Sponsor
Stephanie Hansen
Democrat
Co-Sponsors (18)
Jack Walsh
Democrat
Krista Griffith
Democrat
Kimberly Williams
Democrat
David Sokola
Democrat
Russ Huxtable
Democrat
Gerald Hocker
Republican
Kyle Gay
Democrat
Nicole Poore
Democrat
Laura Sturgeon
Democrat
David Wilson
Republican
David Lawson
Republican
Kyra Hoffner
Democrat
Bryant Richardson
Republican
Debra Heffernan
Democrat
Stell Parker Selby
Democrat
Sophie Phillips
Democrat
Cyndie Romer
Democrat
Jeffrey Spiegelman
Republican