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HB 59 Delaware House · 151st General Assembly (2021-2022)

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO EQUIPMENT VIOLATIONS.

Summary
This bill would allow a court of competent jurisdiction to dismiss minor equipment violations upon a showing that repair(s) have been made. The sections include inoperative horn, missing rear-view mirror, improper window tint, and inoperable headlights, taillights, turn signal lights, and lighting on a motorcycle.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2020
Committee Review
Apr 2021
House Passage
Mar 2021
Senate Passage
Jun 2021
Signed into Law
Sep 2021
Introduced Dec 18, 2020 Signed Sep 17, 2021
Floor votes · Senate Jun 30, 2021 · House Mar 25, 2021

How they voted

20–0
Passed
Total votes 20
Jun 30, 2021
D Democratic13
13 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican7
7 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
9
Key actions
6
Committee
2
Amendments
2
Sep 17, 2021
Signed into law
Signed by Governor
executive
Jun 30, 2021
Upper · Passed
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
upper
Apr 28, 2021
Upper · Passed
Reported Out of Committee (Transportation) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits
upper
Mar 25, 2021
Introduced
Assigned to Transportation Committee in Senate
upper
Mar 25, 2021
Lower · Passed
Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES
lower
Mar 25, 2021
Lower · Passed
Amendment HA 1 to HB 59 - Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 NO
lower
Mar 9, 2021
Lower · Passed
Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 7 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits
lower
Mar 9, 2021
Introduced
Amendment HA 1 to HB 59 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
lower
Dec 18, 2020
Introduced
Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House
lower
4 primary · 12 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Bill Carson
Bill Carson
DDemocratic
DE
28
P
BC
Bruce C. Ennis
DDemocratic
DE
14
P
Photo of Frank Cooke
Frank Cooke
DDemocratic
DE
16
P
SS
Stephen Smyk
RRepublican
DE
20
Co
Photo of Bill Bush
Bill Bush
DDemocratic
DE
29
Co
Photo of Dave Wilson
Dave Wilson
RRepublican
DE
18
Co
Photo of Gerald Hocker
Gerald Hocker
RRepublican
DE
20
Co
GL
Gerald L. Brady
DDemocratic
DE
4
Co
Photo of Kyle Gay
Kyle Gay
DDemocratic
DE
5
Co
Photo of Larry Lambert
Larry Lambert
DDemocratic
DE
7
Co
Photo of Lyndon Yearick
Lyndon Yearick
RRepublican
DE
34
Co
Photo of Mike Ramone
Mike Ramone
RRepublican
DE
21
Co
Photo of Pete Schwartzkopf
Pete Schwartzkopf
DDemocratic
DE
14
Co
Photo of Ron Gray
Ron Gray
RRepublican
DE
38