Delaware Senate Bill 38

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 5-2)
Status: Introduced on January 10 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-01-10 - Introduced and Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate
Pending: Senate Health & Social Services Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

This Act provides financial support to owners who adopt a horse that retired from serving with the Department of Correction, State or Capitol police, the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control, or the Office of the State Fire Marshal. The owners of these retired-law enforcement horses may be reimbursed up to $3,000 annually for veterinary care expenses and farrier services paid by the owner for the care of the retired law-enforcement horse. The Department that the retired law-enforcement horse assisted shall issue veterinary care and farrier services reimbursements and promulgate regulations to create a reimbursement process for retired law-enforcement horses.

An Act To Amend Title 16 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Retired Law-enforcement Animals.

Sen. David Lawson [R]	Rep. William Carson [D]	Sen. Bryant Richardson [R]	Rep. Franklin Cooke [D]
Rep. Daniel Short [R]	Rep. Bryan Shupe [R]	Rep. Lyndon Yearick [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-01-10		Introduced and Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate

Type	Source
Summary	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141754
Text	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=141754&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB38