Delaware House Bill 383 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Passed on October 14 2022 - 100% progression
Action: 2022-10-14 - Signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

This Act repeals § 2117, Title 31, which relates to an individual who, by reason of loss or impairment of eyesight or hearing, has a right to be accompanied by a seeing eye dog, also known as a guide dog, in public conveyances; hotels; lodging places; all places of accommodation, amusement, or resort; and other places to which the general public is invited. This Act is a result of the Joint Legislative Oversight and Sunset Committees review of the Division for the Visually Impaired, and furthers the goal of modernizing Chapter 21, Title 31.

An Act To Amend Title 31 Relating To "seeing Eye Dogs."

Rep. Sherry Dorsey Walker [D]	Sen. Kyle Gay [D]	Sen. Stephanie Hansen [D]	Sen. Sarah McBride [D]
Sen. Brian Pettyjohn [R]	Sen. Bryant Richardson [R]	Rep. Krista Griffith [D]	Rep. Kendra Johnson [D]
Rep. Jeffrey Spiegelman [R]	Rep. Lyndon Yearick [R]

2022-06-29 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 21 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-06-07 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 41 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-10-14		Signed by Governor
2022-06-29		Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
2022-06-14		Reported Out of Committee (Legislative Oversight & Sunset) in Senate with 3 Favorable
2022-06-08		Re-Assigned to Legislative Oversight & Sunset Committee in Senate
2022-06-07		Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate
2022-06-07		Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES
2022-06-03		Suspension of Rules in House
2022-05-03		Reported Out of Committee (Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability)) in House with 1 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits
2022-04-12		Introduced and Assigned to Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability) Committee in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=109345
Text	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=109345&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB383
Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#53314
Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#53775