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AN ACT PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE I OF THE DELAWARE CONSTITUTION RELATING TO HUNTING, FISHING, AND TRAPPING WILDLIFE.

AN ACT PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE I OF THE DELAWARE CONSTITUTION RELATING TO HUNTING, FISHING, AND TRAPPING WILDLIFE.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Last action
2026-06-25
Official status
Amendment HA 1 to SS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

AN ACT PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE I OF THE DELAWARE CONSTITUTION RELATING TO HUNTING, FISHING, AND TRAPPING WILDLIFE.

AN ACT PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE I OF THE DELAWARE CONSTITUTION RELATING TO HUNTING, FISHING, AND TRAPPING WILDLIFE.

What This Bill Does

  • AN ACT PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE I OF THE DELAWARE CONSTITUTION RELATING TO HUNTING, FISHING, AND TRAPPING WILDLIFE.
  • This Act is a substitute for Senate Bill No.
  • 212.
  • Like Senate Bill No.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-06-25 Delaware General Assembly

    Amendment HA 1 to SS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill

  2. 2026-06-24 Delaware General Assembly

    Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 1 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits

  3. 2026-06-11 Delaware General Assembly

    Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT

  4. 2026-06-11 Delaware General Assembly

    Assigned to Administration Committee in House

  5. 2026-05-20 Delaware General Assembly

    Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits

  6. 2026-04-02 Delaware General Assembly

    Adopted in lieu of the original bill SB 212, and Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate

Official Summary Text

AN ACT PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE I OF THE DELAWARE CONSTITUTION RELATING TO HUNTING, FISHING, AND TRAPPING WILDLIFE.
This Act is a substitute for Senate Bill No. 212. Like Senate Bill No. 212, this Act is the first leg of a constitutional amendment to establish the right to hunt, fish, and trap wildlife in Delaware. Twenty-four other states have preserved the right to hunt, fish, and trap wildlife. This Act is modeled after the constitutional provisions of Idaho, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Minnesota, Tennessee, Virginia, and Vermont.

This Act specifically acknowledges Delaware’s valued, natural heritage of hunting, fishing, and trapping, and declares hunting, fishing, and trapping as the preferred methods of managing and controlling wildlife in this State.

This Act declares that it may not be applied to do any of the following:
(1) Limit the application of a law relating to trespass or property rights.
(2) Affect rights to divert, appropriate, or use water, or to establish a minimum amount of water in any water body.
(3) Lead to a diminution or abrogation of a public or private right or o