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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DESIGNATING THE DRYPTOSAURIDAE THE OFFICIAL DINOSAUR OF DELAWARE."
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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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "151"
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identifier: "HB 390"
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citation: "Delaware HB 390 (151)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["John \"Jack\" Walsh", "Paul S. Baumbach", "Stephanie L. Hansen"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 7
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2022-04-28"
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last_action: "2022-10-26"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e3c2a2ee-e184-4acd-be8f-f46b4f6bb64d"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=109382"
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source_hash: "6d860fd13099763a2e73cbb875874a7e0f77265be62cb7eb073c8071a05011d5"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
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---
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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.
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=109382&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB390)
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## Votes
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- SM — **37–0** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
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- Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
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- Stephanie L. Hansen — primary (person)
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- Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
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- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
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- Eric Morrison — cosponsor (person)
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- Kyle Evans Gay — cosponsor (person)
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- Sean M. Lynn — cosponsor (person)
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- William J. Carson — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-04-28** Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2022-05-11** Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2022-05-17** Passed By House. Votes: 37 YES 4 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2022-05-17** Assigned to Education Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2022-06-08** Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-06-29** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2022-10-26** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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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).
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