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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SPECIAL LICENSE OR REGISTRATION PLATES."
+description: "This bill creates a special license plate for honorably discharged veterans of the United States military."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
+legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
+session: "149"
+identifier: "HB 298"
+citation: "Delaware HB 298 (149)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Charles S Postles Jr.", "David L. Wilson", "Gerald L. Brady", "Gregory F. Lavelle"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 7
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2018-01-19"
+last_action: "2018-08-28"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a70139f8-5dae-42a7-885b-a69d974862ed"
+source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26255"
+source_hash: "b3556ee0a162384c00a538cb5a50239cb22403d6195685718795f901abb18028"
+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 298 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SPECIAL LICENSE OR REGISTRATION PLATES.
+
+This bill creates a special license plate for honorably discharged veterans of the United States military.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=26255&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB298)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3/5 — **20–0** (pass) · upper
+- 3/5 — **40–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Charles S Postles Jr. — primary (person)
+- David L. Wilson — primary (person)
+- Gerald L. Brady — primary (person)
+- Gregory F. Lavelle — primary (person)
+- Brian J. Bushweller — cosponsor (person)
+- Daniel B. Short — cosponsor (person)
+- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
+- Deborah Hudson — cosponsor (person)
+- Harvey R. Kenton — cosponsor (person)
+- Kevin S Hensley — cosponsor (person)
+- Michael Ramone — cosponsor (person)
+- Richard G. Collins — cosponsor (person)
+- Ronald E. Gray — cosponsor (person)
+- Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
+- Stephen Smyk — cosponsor (person)
+- Timothy D. Dukes — cosponsor (person)
+- William J. Carson — cosponsor (person)
+- William R. Outten — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-01-19** Introduced and Assigned to Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2018-04-25** Reported Out of Committee (Public Safety & Homeland Security) in House with 3 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
+- **2018-06-26** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
+- **2018-06-26** Assigned to Transportation Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2018-06-27** Reported Out of Committee (Transportation) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
+- **2018-06-30** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
+- **2018-08-28** 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/a70139f8-5dae-42a7-885b-a69d974862ed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
+