Delaware House Bill 427 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-1)
Status: Engrossed on June 29 2016 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2016-06-29 - Passed by House of Representatives. Votes: Passed 31 YES 5 NO 1 NOT VOTING 4 ABSENT 0 VACANT
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

This bill provides Statewide consistency of the law that protects the public welfare from dangerous dogs and clarifies that dogs may not be held potentially dangerous or dangerous for animal control enforcement or for purposes of criminal liability based solely on breed-specific criteria. Findings to deem a dog dangerous will be based on actions of the dog, or an individualized demonstration of vicious behavior. It also prohibits municipalities from enacting breed-specific ordinances or regulations. The bill deletes references to the Dog Control Panel replaced with reference to the Justice of the Peace Court procedure laid out in Chapter 30F of Title 16. The bill also removes the inconsistent language regarding animal fighting criteria from Title 11 to correspond with the removal of that criterion from the Title 16.

An Act To Amend Titles 11, 16 And 22 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Dogs.

Rep. Charles Potter [D]	Sen. David Sokola [D]	Sen. Karen Peterson [D]	Rep. Paul Baumbach [D]
Rep. Debra Heffernan [D]	Rep. Joseph Miro [R]	Rep. Bryon Short [D]	Sen. Patricia Blevins [D]
Sen. Margaret Henry [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-06-29	House	Passed by House of Representatives. Votes: Passed 31 YES 5 NO 1 NOT VOTING 4 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2016-06-22	House	Reported Out of Committee (HEALTH & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT) in House with 1 Favorable, 9 On Its Merits
2016-06-14	House	Introduced in House and assigned to Health & Human Development Committee
2016-06-14	House	Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House

Type	Source
Summary	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis148.nsf/2bede841c6272c888025698400433a04/e6f5b1adfda3a75385257fb800683fe7?OpenDocument
Text	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis148.nsf/vwLegislation/HB+427/$file/legis.html?open