republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/152/sb-37.md

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Bill	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.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	152	SB 37	Delaware SB 37 (152)	bill		enacted	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	1	7	2	2023-01-26	2023-05-30	openstates	ocd-bill/2d193043-1fb8-45b8-9e4a-172a3d74809c	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=130000	7f2e214dccbdde70482ad8be11ded324ac59fcd5ef20501f3f7eb20524435875	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	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

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; origin ocd-bill/2d193043-1fb8-45b8-9e4a-172a3d74809c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).