Delaware Senate Bill 117

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Passed on August 10 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-08-10 - Signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

This Act authorizes paramedics and other EMS providers to provide medical care to police dogs injured at the scene of an emergency. This Act also grants civil immunity to paramedics and other EMS providers who provide medical services to police dogs, so long as their efforts to assist the police dog were in good faith. However, this Act clarifies that in a situation where a human and a police dog need emergency medical care at the same time, the medical services personnel are prohibited from providing care to the police dog over the human, if the care of the police dog would hinder the humans care.

An Act To Amend Title 16 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Medical Care Of Police Dogs Injured In The Line Of Duty.

Sen. Brian Pettyjohn [R]	Sen. Stephanie Hansen [D]	Rep. Lyndon Yearick [R]	Rep. Kimberly Williams [D]
Sen. Gerald Hocker [R]	Sen. Kyra Hoffner [D]	Sen. Russ Huxtable [D]	Sen. Sarah McBride [D]
Sen. Marie Pinkney [D]	Sen. Nicole Poore [D]	Sen. David Sokola [D]	Sen. Laura Sturgeon [D]
Sen. Jack Walsh [D]	Sen. David Wilson [R]	Rep. Paul Baumbach [D]	Rep. Ruth Briggs King [R]
Rep. William Carson [D]	Rep. Richard Collins [R]	Rep. Ronald Gray [R]	Rep. Krista Griffith [D]
Rep. Jeff Hilovsky [R]	Rep. Eric Morrison [D]	Rep. Daniel Short [R]	Rep. Michael Smith [R]
Rep. Jeffrey Spiegelman [R]

2023-06-27 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2023-06-06 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 21 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-08-10		Signed by Governor
2023-06-27		Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 3 ABSENT
2023-06-20		Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 1 Favorable, 13 On Its Merits
2023-06-07		Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House
2023-06-06		Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
2023-06-06		Amendment SA 1 to SB 117 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
2023-06-06		Amendment SA 1 to SB 117 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
2023-05-17		Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 6 Favorable
2023-05-09		Introduced and Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate

Type	Source
Summary	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=130337
Text	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=130337&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB117
Text	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocumentEngrossment?engrossmentId=25841&docTypeId=6
Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#54502
Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#54901