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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "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”."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "153"
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identifier: "HB 120"
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citation: "Delaware HB 120 (153)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["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"]
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version_count: 0
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action_count: 7
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-04-15"
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last_action: "2025-08-21"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b11d7257-db70-493c-a64a-e6a8d904f2d5"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=142124"
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source_hash: "8c6edf1d94497e9a60c413813be563b824d9074f509c39a6eeafb6ba132388d1"
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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 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”.
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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.
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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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## Votes
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- SM — **35–0** (pass) · lower
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- 2/3 — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
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- Bryant L. Richardson — primary (person)
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- Daniel B. Short — primary (person)
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- David L. Wilson — primary (person)
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- Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
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- Michael F. Smith — primary (person)
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- Ray Seigfried — primary (person)
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- Richard G. Collins — primary (person)
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- Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
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- Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-04-15** Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2025-05-07** Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 2 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-05-08** Passed By House. Votes: 35 YES 6 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2025-05-08** Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2025-06-18** Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-06-26** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2025-08-21** 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/b11d7257-db70-493c-a64a-e6a8d904f2d5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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