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| Bill | 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. | us/states/de | Delaware General Assembly | 151 | HB 390 | Delaware HB 390 (151) |
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1 | 7 | 2 | 2022-04-28 | 2022-10-26 | openstates | ocd-bill/e3c2a2ee-e184-4acd-be8f-f46b4f6bb64d | https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=109382 | 6d860fd13099763a2e73cbb875874a7e0f77265be62cb7eb073c8071a05011d5 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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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.
- Bill Text (committee substitute) — source
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; origin ocd-bill/e3c2a2ee-e184-4acd-be8f-f46b4f6bb64d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).