---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SPECIAL REGISTRATION PLATES TO SUPPORT MIGRATORY SHOREBIRDS."
description: "This Act authorizes the Division of Motor Vehicles to issue migratory shorebird special registration plates."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "150"
identifier: "SB 120"
citation: "Delaware SB 120 (150)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Krista Griffith", "Laura V. Sturgeon"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 8
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-05-29"
last_action: "2020-08-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6102dabc-1e5c-4456-9519-440fb662e05e"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=47523"
source_hash: "59851d7f78442f29ba6cc5e2871185ee101e104cfaffb379da844ad78f934d43"
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 SB 120 (150) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SPECIAL REGISTRATION PLATES TO SUPPORT MIGRATORY SHOREBIRDS.

This Act authorizes the Division of Motor Vehicles to issue migratory shorebird special registration plates.

## 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=47523&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB120)

## Votes

- 3/4 — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- 3/4 — **41–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Krista Griffith — primary (person)
- Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
- Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Ramone — cosponsor (person)
- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-29** Introduced and Assigned to Transportation Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-06-12** Reported Out of Committee (Transportation) in Senate with 4 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-06-18** Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT `passage`
- **2019-06-19** Assigned to Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-06-26** Reported Out of Committee (Public Safety & Homeland Security) in House with 7 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2020-06-26** Suspension of Rules in Senate
- **2020-06-29** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
- **2020-08-06** 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/6102dabc-1e5c-4456-9519-440fb662e05e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).