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HB189 • 2025

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE STATE MIGRATORY BIRD.

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE STATE MIGRATORY BIRD.

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Phillips
Last action
2025-07-16
Official status
Signed 7/16/25
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE STATE MIGRATORY BIRD.

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE STATE MIGRATORY BIRD.

What This Bill Does

  • 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.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2025-07-16 Delaware General Assembly

    Signed by Governor

  2. 2025-06-26 Delaware General Assembly

    Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES

  3. 2025-06-18 Delaware General Assembly

    Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits

  4. 2025-06-12 Delaware General Assembly

    Passed By House. Votes: 37 YES 4 ABSENT

  5. 2025-06-12 Delaware General Assembly

    Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate

  6. 2025-06-11 Delaware General Assembly

    Reported Out of Committee (Natural Resources & Energy) in House with 9 On Its Merits

  7. 2025-06-05 Delaware General Assembly

    Introduced and Assigned to Natural Resources & Energy Committee in House

Official Summary Text

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.

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SPONSOR:

Rep. Phillips & Sen. Hansen

Rep. Carson

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

153rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HOUSE BILL NO. 189

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE STATE MIGRATORY BIRD.

WHEREAS, Red Knots are a sandpiper with an unmistakable red plumage on its chest; and

WHEREAS, Red Knots are migratory birds, traveling up to 9000 miles per year; and

WHEREAS, the Delaware bays are a critical stop on the annual migration of Red Knots; and

WHEREAS, up to 90 percent of the Red Knot subspecies Rufa can be found along the Delaware bays in a single day during the spring migration; and

WHEREAS, horseshoe crab eggs are an important food source for Red Knots; and

WHEREAS, the Red Knots are synonymous with Delaware’s bays and wetlands during the Spring; and

WHEREAS, Red Knots are an important part of Delaware’s history and ecology.

NOW, THEREFORE:

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE:

Section 1. Amend Chapter 3, Title 29 of the Delaware Code by making deletions as shown by strike through and insertions as shown by underline as follows:

§ 334. State migratory bird.

The Red Knot is the official migratory bird of Delaware.

SYNOPSIS

This Act designates the Red Knot as the State migratory bird.