---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DESIGNATING THE DRYPTOSAURIDAE THE OFFICIAL DINOSAUR OF DELAWARE."
description: "This Act designates the Dryptosauridae as the official dinosaur of this State. Dryptosauridae bones have been found in the Chesapeake & Delaware Canal. The only other dinosaur bones that have been found in Delaware are those of a hadrosaurid, most likely Hadrosaurus foulkii, which New Jersey has already designated as its official state dinosaur."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "151"
identifier: "HB 390"
citation: "Delaware HB 390 (151)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John \"Jack\" Walsh", "Paul S. Baumbach", "Stephanie L. Hansen"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-04-28"
last_action: "2022-10-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e3c2a2ee-e184-4acd-be8f-f46b4f6bb64d"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=109382"
source_hash: "6d860fd13099763a2e73cbb875874a7e0f77265be62cb7eb073c8071a05011d5"
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 390 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DESIGNATING THE DRYPTOSAURIDAE THE OFFICIAL DINOSAUR OF DELAWARE.

This Act designates the Dryptosauridae as the official dinosaur of this State. Dryptosauridae bones have been found in the Chesapeake & Delaware Canal. The only other dinosaur bones that have been found in Delaware are those of a hadrosaurid, most likely Hadrosaurus foulkii, which New Jersey has already designated as its official state dinosaur.

## 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=109382&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB390)

## Votes

- SM — **37–0** (pass) · lower
- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
- Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
- Stephanie L. Hansen — primary (person)
- Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
- Eric Morrison — cosponsor (person)
- Kyle Evans Gay — cosponsor (person)
- Sean M. Lynn — cosponsor (person)
- William J. Carson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-04-28** Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-05-11** Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2022-05-17** Passed By House. Votes: 37 YES 4 ABSENT `passage`
- **2022-05-17** Assigned to Education Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-08** Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-29** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2022-10-26** 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/e3c2a2ee-e184-4acd-be8f-f46b4f6bb64d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).