---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DESIGNATION OF A STATE DOG."
description: "This act designates rescue dogs as the official state dog."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "150"
identifier: "HB 57"
citation: "Delaware HB 57 (150)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anthony Delcollo", "Bryan W. Shupe", "Paul S. Baumbach"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 9
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-28"
last_action: "2019-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c291f1fc-b97a-4a07-a5c7-ff3d5582f4ac"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=37146"
source_hash: "1362f139e15ad59d0e5331c963fc86982af06b129725650f16a9e2313185b61c"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
---

# Delaware HB 57 (150) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DESIGNATION OF A STATE DOG.

This act designates rescue dogs as the official state dog.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=37146&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB57)
2. **HA 1 to HB 57** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=47297&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)

## Votes

- 2/3 — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- SM — **35–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Anthony Delcollo — primary (person)
- Bryan W. Shupe — primary (person)
- Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
- David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrey N. Spiegelman — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-02-28** Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-27** Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-28** Amendment HA 1 to HB 57 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-03-28** Amendment HA 1 to HB 57 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-28** Passed By House. Votes: 35 YES 6 ABSENT `passage`
- **2019-04-03** Assigned to Elections, Govt. & Community Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-10** Reported Out of Committee (Elections, Govt. & Community Affairs) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-18** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2019-05-15** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c291f1fc-b97a-4a07-a5c7-ff3d5582f4ac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).