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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE STATE MIGRATORY BIRD."
description: "This Act designates the Red Knot as the State migratory bird."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "153"
identifier: "HB 189"
citation: "Delaware HB 189 (153)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Melanie Ross Levin", "Sophie Phillips", "William J. Carson"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-06-05"
last_action: "2025-07-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3e4b87b7-48b0-4a55-98d2-5f70373e7b15"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=142404"
source_hash: "e9fbf0f032fe042b71a43427bdbb9b03b1f8ca84efe5e1543ecf2a403eb2af35"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
---
# Delaware HB 189 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE STATE MIGRATORY BIRD.
This Act designates the Red Knot as the State migratory bird.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
## Votes
- 2/3 — **210** (pass) · upper
- SM — **370** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Melanie Ross Levin — primary (person)
- Sophie Phillips — primary (person)
- William J. Carson — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-06-05** Introduced and Assigned to Natural Resources & Energy Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-06-11** Reported Out of Committee (Natural Resources & Energy) in House with 9 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2025-06-12** Passed By House. Votes: 37 YES 4 ABSENT `passage`
- **2025-06-12** Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-06-18** Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-26** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2025-07-16** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3e4b87b7-48b0-4a55-98d2-5f70373e7b15`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).