republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/153/hb-120.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO NAME THE HILL ON THE WEST BANK OF MILL CREEK LOCATED ON NEW CASTLE PARCEL NUMBER 0803100018 AS “GENERAL WASHINGTON’S HILL OF DECEPTION”.	This bill names the hill west of Mill Creek situated on New Castle County parcel number 0803100018 where the Spring Grove Mill House sits as “General Washington’s Hill of Deception”. This is the site of one of the most impactful combat event that occurred on Delaware soil during the Revolutionary War.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	153	HB 120	Delaware HB 120 (153)	bill		enacted	Bryan Townsend Bryant L. Richardson Daniel B. Short David L. Wilson Laura V. Sturgeon Michael F. Smith Ray Seigfried Richard G. Collins Spiros Mantzavinos Stell Parker Selby	0	7	2	2025-04-15	2025-08-21	openstates	ocd-bill/b11d7257-db70-493c-a64a-e6a8d904f2d5	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=142124	8c6edf1d94497e9a60c413813be563b824d9074f509c39a6eeafb6ba132388d1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 120 (153) — AN ACT TO NAME THE HILL ON THE WEST BANK OF MILL CREEK LOCATED ON NEW CASTLE PARCEL NUMBER 0803100018 AS “GENERAL WASHINGTON’S HILL OF DECEPTION”.

This bill names the hill west of Mill Creek situated on New Castle County parcel number 0803100018 where the Spring Grove Mill House sits as “General Washington’s Hill of Deception”. This is the site of one of the most impactful combat event that occurred on Delaware soil during the Revolutionary War.

Version chain

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

Votes

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

Sponsors

• Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
• Bryant L. Richardson — primary (person)
• Daniel B. Short — primary (person)
• David L. Wilson — primary (person)
• Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
• Michael F. Smith — primary (person)
• Ray Seigfried — primary (person)
• Richard G. Collins — primary (person)
• Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
• Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-04-15 Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2025-05-07 Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 2 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-05-08 Passed By House. Votes: 35 YES 6 ABSENT passage
• 2025-05-08 Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2025-06-18 Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-06-26 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2025-08-21 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b11d7257-db70-493c-a64a-e6a8d904f2d5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).