Delaware Senate Bill 258 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 9-5)
Status: Passed on October 14 2022 - 100% progression
Action: 2022-10-14 - Signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

This Act abrogates current Delaware law as it presently stands regarding available recovery for damages related to injured or deceased pets that are tortiously injured by a third party or a third partys animal. Under current Delaware law, including cases such as Naples v. Miller, 2009 WL 1163504, (Del. Super. Ct. Apr. 30, 2009), there are substantial limitations on a pet owners ability to recover amounts related to the cost of veterinary bills because animals that are pets in Delaware are treated as property. This Act does not change the status of pets as property but does provide new causes of action to address tortious injury to a pet.

An Act To Amend Title 10 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Civil Actions For Tortious Injuries, Including Death, To Lawfully Owned Pets.

Sen. Ernesto Lopez [R]	Rep. Andria Bennett [D]	Sen. Colin Bonini [R]	Sen. Stephanie Hansen [D]
Sen. David Lawson [R]	Sen. Elizabeth Lockman [D]	Sen. Charles Paradee [D]	Sen. Brian Pettyjohn [R]
Sen. Bryant Richardson [R]	Sen. Laura Sturgeon [D]	Sen. David Wilson [R]	Rep. Ruth Briggs King [R]
Rep. Daniel Short [R]	Rep. Jeffrey Spiegelman [R]

2022-06-17 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 21 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-06-16 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2022-05-19 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 21 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-10-14		Signed by Governor
2022-06-17		Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
2022-06-17		Suspension of Rules in Senate
2022-06-16		Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT
2022-06-16		Amendment HA 1 to SS 1 - Passed In House by Voice Vote
2022-06-16		Amendment HA 1 to SS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
2022-06-15		Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 7 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits
2022-06-02		Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House
2022-05-19		Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
2022-05-11		was introduced and adopted in lieu of SB 258

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