AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PARKING.
Summary
This Act increases the civil penalty for violating the parking regulations in § 4180 from not less than $10 nor more than $25 to not less than $100 nor more than $500. This Act also increases the minimum fine for violating the requirements of Chapter 41 relating to size or weight of a vehicle or a combination of vehicles or restrictions regarding parking in residence districts from not less than $28.75 nor more than $230 for a first offense to not less than $100 and not more than $500 for a first offense. For a subsequent offense the penalty is increased from to not less than $115 nor more than $575 to not less than $400 and not more than $2,000. This Act allows the Secretary to prohibit or restrict the stopping, standing, or parking of any trailer, semi-trailer, or recreational trailer on roadways or sections of roadways. The Act requires the Department to provide a list of roadways or sections of roadways for which it has prohibited or restricted standing or parking to DSHS and law enforcement agencies across the state. This Act also makes technical corrections to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jun 2022
Committee Review
Jun 2022
House Passage
Jun 2022
Senate Passage
Jun 2022
Signed into Law
Sep 2022
Introduced Jun 10, 2022
Signed Sep 9, 2022
Floor votes · Senate Jun 28, 2022 · House Jun 21, 2022
How they voted
20–0
Passed
Total votes 20
Jun 28, 2022
D
Democratic13
100% Yea
R
Republican7
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 9, 2022
Signed into law
Signed by Governor
executive
Jun 28, 2022
Upper · Passed
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
upper
Jun 28, 2022
Upper · Passed
Reported Out of Committee (Transportation) in Senate with 6 On Its Merits
upper
Jun 21, 2022
Introduced
Assigned to Transportation Committee in Senate
upper
Jun 21, 2022
Lower · Passed
Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 NO
lower
Jun 16, 2022
Lower · Passed
Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 4 On Its Merits
lower
Jun 10, 2022
Introduced
Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House
lower
4 primary · 9 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Bill Bush
DDemocratic
P
Nicole Poore
DDemocratic
P
Rae Moore
DDemocratic
P
Val Longhurst
DDemocratic
Co
Bryan Townsend
DDemocratic
Co
Danny Short
RRepublican
Co
Ed Osienski
DDemocratic
Co
Kendra Johnson
DDemocratic
Co
Madinah Wilson-Anton
DDemocratic
Co
Marie Pinkney
DDemocratic
Co
Mike Ramone
RRepublican
Co
Paul Baumbach
DDemocratic
Co
Spiros Mantzavinos
DDemocratic
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