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HB 146 Delaware House · 149th General Assembly (2017-2018)

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DRIVER’S LICENSE AND VEHICLE REGISTRATION.

Summary
This bill will remove the requirement for signatures to be in pen and ink when provided for driver license, identification card, or registration application processes. Removing this provision enables the Division of Motor Vehicles to develop more efficient means of serving customers including expanding online services.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2017
Committee Review
Jun 2017
House Passage
Jun 2017
Senate Passage
Jun 2017
Signed into Law
Sep 2017
Introduced Apr 25, 2017 Signed Sep 21, 2017
Floor votes · Senate Jun 30, 2017 · House Jun 6, 2017

How they voted

21–0
Passed
Total votes 21
Jun 30, 2017
D Democratic11
11 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican10
10 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
7
Key actions
5
Committee
2
Sep 21, 2017
Signed into law
Signed by Governor
executive
Jun 30, 2017
Upper · Passed
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
upper
Jun 14, 2017
Upper · Passed
Reported Out of Committee (Transportation) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits
upper
Jun 9, 2017
Introduced
Assigned to Transportation Committee in Senate
upper
Jun 6, 2017
Lower · Passed
Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT
lower
May 10, 2017
Lower · Passed
Reported Out of Committee (Transportation/Land Use and Infrastructure) in House with 3 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits
lower
Apr 25, 2017
Introduced
Introduced and Assigned to Transportation/Land Use and Infrastructure Committee in House
lower
2 primary · 9 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Ed Osienski
Ed Osienski
DDemocratic
DE
24
P
Photo of Stephanie Hansen
Stephanie Hansen
DDemocratic
DE
10
Co
BC
Bruce C. Ennis
DDemocratic
DE
14
Co
BH
Bryon H. Short
DDemocratic
DE
7
Co
HM
Helene M. Keeley
DDemocratic
DE
3
Co
Photo of Jack Walsh
Jack Walsh
DDemocratic
DE
9
Co
JJ
James Johnson
DDemocratic
DE
16
Co
JJ
John J. Viola
DDemocratic
DE
26
Co
JL
John L. Mitchell
DDemocratic
DE
13
Co
Photo of Paul Baumbach
Paul Baumbach
DDemocratic
DE
23
Co
Photo of Trey Paradee
Trey Paradee
DDemocratic
DE
17