republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/150/hb-57.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DESIGNATION OF A STATE DOG.	This act designates rescue dogs as the official state dog.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	150	HB 57	Delaware HB 57 (150)	bill		enacted	Anthony Delcollo Bryan W. Shupe Paul S. Baumbach	2	9	2	2019-02-28	2019-05-15	openstates	ocd-bill/c291f1fc-b97a-4a07-a5c7-ff3d5582f4ac	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=37146	1362f139e15ad59d0e5331c963fc86982af06b129725650f16a9e2313185b61c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 57 (150) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DESIGNATION OF A 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
2. HA 1 to HB 57 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 2/3 — 21–0 (pass) · upper
• SM — 35–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Anthony Delcollo — primary (person)
• Bryan W. Shupe — primary (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
• David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
• Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
• Jeffrey N. Spiegelman — cosponsor (person)
• Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-28 Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2019-03-27 Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2019-03-28 Amendment HA 1 to HB 57 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2019-03-28 Amendment HA 1 to HB 57 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2019-03-28 Passed By House. Votes: 35 YES 6 ABSENT passage
• 2019-04-03 Assigned to Elections, Govt. & Community Affairs Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2019-04-10 Reported Out of Committee (Elections, Govt. & Community Affairs) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2019-04-18 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2019-05-15 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c291f1fc-b97a-4a07-a5c7-ff3d5582f4ac. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).