---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DESIGNATION OF A STATE DRAGONFLY."
description: "This Act designates the Blue Dasher as the official dragonfly for the State of Delaware."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "153"
identifier: "SB 148"
citation: "Delaware SB 148 (153)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bryant L. Richardson", "David L. Wilson", "David P. Sokola", "Eric Morrison", "Michael F. Smith", "Ray Seigfried", "Russell Huxtable", "Spiros Mantzavinos", "Stephanie L. Hansen"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-05-15"
last_action: "2025-07-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4c142001-de14-4f00-924a-375d157d2b71"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=142314"
source_hash: "a3febd5b796f568b16404eae26448dc1b7ecf23f4c0e30fcc2c6602416034523"
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 148 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DESIGNATION OF A STATE DRAGONFLY.

This Act designates the Blue Dasher as the official dragonfly for the State of Delaware.

## Version chain

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


## Votes

- SM — **18–0** (pass) · upper
- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bryant L. Richardson — primary (person)
- David L. Wilson — primary (person)
- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
- Eric Morrison — primary (person)
- Michael F. Smith — primary (person)
- Ray Seigfried — primary (person)
- Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
- Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
- Stephanie L. Hansen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-05-15** Introduced and Assigned to Environment, Energy & Transportation Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-21** Reported Out of Committee (Environment, Energy & Transportation) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-22** Passed By Senate. Votes: 18 YES 3 ABSENT `passage`
- **2025-06-05** Assigned to Natural Resources & Energy Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-06-11** Reported Out of Committee (Natural Resources & Energy) in House with 2 Favorable, 8 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-24** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 VACANT `passage`
- **2025-07-16** 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/4c142001-de14-4f00-924a-375d157d2b71`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).