---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE STATE DOG."
description: "This act designates rescue dogs as the official state dog."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "152"
identifier: "SB 37"
citation: "Delaware SB 37 (152)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bryan W. Shupe", "Eric Morrison", "John \"Jack\" Walsh", "Kendra Johnson", "Lyndon D. Yearick", "Marie Pinkney", "Nicole Poore", "Paul S. Baumbach", "Russell Huxtable", "S. Elizabeth Lockman", "Sean Matthews", "Spiros Mantzavinos"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-26"
last_action: "2023-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2d193043-1fb8-45b8-9e4a-172a3d74809c"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=130000"
source_hash: "7f2e214dccbdde70482ad8be11ded324ac59fcd5ef20501f3f7eb20524435875"
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 37 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE 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=130000&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB37)

## Votes

- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- SM — **36–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bryan W. Shupe — primary (person)
- Eric Morrison — primary (person)
- John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
- Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
- Lyndon D. Yearick — primary (person)
- Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
- Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
- Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
- S. Elizabeth Lockman — primary (person)
- Sean Matthews — primary (person)
- Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-26** Introduced and Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-29** Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-29** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2023-03-30** Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-26** Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-27** Passed By House. Votes: 36 YES 5 ABSENT `passage`
- **2023-05-30** 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/2d193043-1fb8-45b8-9e4a-172a3d74809c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).