---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DESIGNATION OF A STATE HISTORICAL AIRCRAFT."
description: "This act designates the Bellanca Cruisair as the official historical aircraft of Delaware."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "150"
identifier: "SB 87"
citation: "Delaware SB 87 (150)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Edward S. Osienski", "Stephanie L. Hansen"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-05-08"
last_action: "2019-07-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8c2135ba-206e-477c-8a7b-c3b6ee6f4f50"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=47444"
source_hash: "885d0751aa151697298bdea36331b36501e361b3f61e6dbcdb0bd90871ee20a4"
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 87 (150) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DESIGNATION OF A STATE HISTORICAL AIRCRAFT.

This act designates the Bellanca Cruisair as the official historical aircraft of Delaware.

## 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=47444&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB87)

## Votes

- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- 2/3 — **41–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
- Stephanie L. Hansen — primary (person)
- Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel B. Short — cosponsor (person)
- Dave G. Lawson — cosponsor (person)
- David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
- Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
- John "Jack" Walsh — cosponsor (person)
- John J. Viola — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin S Hensley — cosponsor (person)
- Nicole Poore — cosponsor (person)
- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
- Ronald E. Gray — cosponsor (person)
- Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-08** Introduced and Assigned to Elections, Govt. & Community Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-15** Reported Out of Committee (Elections, Govt. & Community Affairs) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-06-06** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2019-06-07** Assigned to Transportation/Land Use and Infrastructure Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-06-19** Reported Out of Committee (Transportation/Land Use and Infrastructure) in House with 6 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2019-06-26** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
- **2019-07-30** 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/8c2135ba-206e-477c-8a7b-c3b6ee6f4f50`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).