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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO LIGHTING EQUIPMENT ON MOTORCYCLES."
+description: "This Act explicitly allows ground effect lighting equipment on motorcycles. This extra lighting would increase motorcycle safety by enhancing their visibility."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
+legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
+session: "149"
+identifier: "SB 12"
+citation: "Delaware SB 12 (149)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bruce C. Ennis", "Daniel B. Short", "F. Gary Simpson", "John L. Mitchell"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 8
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2017-01-12"
+last_action: "2017-04-13"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/51b86ae4-1acd-40b1-9550-18c7cffb6d2b"
+source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25381"
+source_hash: "d3f32d730e6033f8f388cde10b123b3539e637b5551d9a5538a5d874b0de6dc5"
+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 SB 12 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO LIGHTING EQUIPMENT ON MOTORCYCLES.
+
+This Act explicitly allows ground effect lighting equipment on motorcycles. This extra lighting would increase motorcycle safety by enhancing their visibility.
+
+## 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=25381&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB12)
+
+## Votes
+
+- SM — **39–0** (pass) · lower
+- SM — **17–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bruce C. Ennis — primary (person)
+- Daniel B. Short — primary (person)
+- F. Gary Simpson — primary (person)
+- John L. Mitchell — primary (person)
+- Brian J. Bushweller — cosponsor (person)
+- Bryant L. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
+- Bryon H. Short — cosponsor (person)
+- Catherine Cloutier — cosponsor (person)
+- David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
+- Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
+- Ernesto B Lopez — cosponsor (person)
+- Gerald W. Hocker — cosponsor (person)
+- Harvey R. Kenton — cosponsor (person)
+- Joseph E. Miro — cosponsor (person)
+- Kevin S Hensley — cosponsor (person)
+- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
+- Ronald E. Gray — cosponsor (person)
+- Timothy D. Dukes — cosponsor (person)
+- Trey Charles Paradee — cosponsor (person)
+- William R. Outten — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-01-12** Introduced and Assigned to Transportation Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-17** Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-25** Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
+- **2017-01-26** Passed By Senate. Votes: 17 YES 3 ABSENT `passage`
+- **2017-03-09** Assigned to Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2017-03-15** Reported Out of Committee (Public Safety & Homeland Security) in House with 9 On Its Merits, 1 Unfavorable `committee-passage, committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2017-03-16** Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT `passage`
+- **2017-04-13** 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/51b86ae4-1acd-40b1-9550-18c7cffb6d2b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
+