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HA1TOSS1FORSB212 • 2025

This Amendment provides that a county or municipality may not enact an ordinance or other law to regulation the right to hunt, fish, or trap wildlife other than an ordinance or other law related to the authority to hunt, fish, or trap on land owned or leased by the county or municipality.

This Amendment provides that a county or municipality may not enact an ordinance or other law to regulation the right to hunt, fish, or trap wildlife other than an ordinance or other law related to the authority to hunt, fish, or trap on land owned or leased by the county or municipality.

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Sponsor
Spiegelman
Last action
2026-06-25
Official status
Introduced and Placed With Bill
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The effective date is missing from the provided source material, so it cannot be confirmed when this rule takes effect.

Limits Local Laws on Hunting and Fishing

This amendment stops counties and cities from making laws about hunting, fishing, or trapping unless those rules apply only to land they own or rent.

What This Bill Does

  • Removes language that allowed local governments to create ordinances for wildlife activities.
  • Adds a rule stating counties cannot pass laws regulating the right to hunt, fish, or trap.
  • Allows an exception if the law covers only land owned or leased by the county or municipality.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Counties
  • Municipalities (cities and towns)
  • People who hunt, fish, or trap wildlife

Terms To Know

Ordinance
A law made by a local government like a city council.
Municipality
A city, town, or village that has its own local government.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The text does not say when this rule will start working.
  • It is unclear if existing local hunting or fishing laws are automatically removed.

Bill History

  1. 2026-06-25 Delaware General Assembly

    Introduced and Placed With Bill

Official Summary Text

This Amendment provides that a county or municipality may not enact an ordinance or other law to regulation the right to hunt, fish, or trap wildlife other than an ordinance or other law related to the authority to hunt, fish, or trap on land owned or leased by the county or municipality.

Current Bill Text

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SPONSOR:

Rep. Spiegelman & Rep. Carson

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

153rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1

TO

SENATE SUBSTITUTE NO. 1

FOR

SENATE BILL NO. 212

AMEND Senate Substitute No. 1 for Senate Bill No. 212 on line 26 by deleting “

and local governments may prescribe ordinances,

”.

FURTHER AMEND Senate Substitute No. 1 for Senate Bill No. 212 on line 40 by deleting “

or local government

”.

FURTHER AMEND Senate Substitute No. 1 for Senate Bill No. 212 by inserting the following after line 42:

“

(d) A county or municipality may not enact an ordinance or other law to regulate the right to hunt, fish, or trap wildlife other than an ordinance or other law related to the authority to hunt, fish, or trap on land owned or leased by the county or municipality.

”.

SYNOPSIS

This Amendment provides that a county or municipality may not enact an ordinance or other law to regulation the right to hunt, fish, or trap wildlife other than an ordinance or other law related to the authority to hunt, fish, or trap on land owned or leased by the county or municipality.