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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SAFETY DURING TRAFFIC STOPS."
+description: "This Act codifies the Delaware State Police program that makes available a “blue envelope” for use by a person with a disability. The intent of this program is to increase safety for both officers and persons with a disability during a traffic stop. The envelope contains written information for officers regarding interacting with a person with a disability, as well as guidance for the person with a disability on safe interactions with law-enforcement during a traffic stop. The envelope is sized to be able to contain a driver’s license, motor vehicle registration card, and insurance identification card and other related documents."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
+legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
+session: "153"
+identifier: "HB 277"
+citation: "Delaware HB 277 (153)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Brian Pettyjohn", "Bryan Townsend", "Bryant L. Richardson", "Claire Snyder-Hall", "Cyndie Romer", "Darius J. Brown", "Dave G. Lawson", "David L. Wilson", "David P. Sokola", "DeShanna U Neal", "Eric Morrison", "Franklin D. Cooke", "John \"Jack\" Walsh", "Josue O Ortega", "Laura V. Sturgeon", "Mara Gorman", "Marie Pinkney", "Melanie Ross Levin", "Nicole Poore", "Ray Seigfried", "Ronald E. Gray", "Russell Huxtable", "Sarah McBride", "Shannon Morris", "Spiros Mantzavinos", "Stell Parker Selby", "Trey Paradee"]
+version_count: 0
+action_count: 7
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2026-01-22"
+last_action: "2026-04-23"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f36ea42f-4961-4d01-a86e-a4f863906d76"
+source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=142803"
+source_hash: "90ca013c82230c800cf642d0e9d080cfe52948f1040b4df39ab5e623d732b4f1"
+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 277 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SAFETY DURING TRAFFIC STOPS.
+
+This Act codifies the Delaware State Police program that makes available a “blue envelope” for use by a person with a disability. The intent of this program is to increase safety for both officers and persons with a disability during a traffic stop. The envelope contains written information for officers regarding interacting with a person with a disability, as well as guidance for the person with a disability on safe interactions with law-enforcement during a traffic stop. The envelope is sized to be able to contain a driver’s license, motor vehicle registration card, and insurance identification card and other related documents.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+
+## Votes
+
+- SM — **20–0** (pass) · upper
+- SM — **38–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
+- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
+- Bryant L. Richardson — primary (person)
+- Claire Snyder-Hall — primary (person)
+- Cyndie Romer — primary (person)
+- Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
+- Dave G. Lawson — primary (person)
+- David L. Wilson — primary (person)
+- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
+- DeShanna U Neal — primary (person)
+- Eric Morrison — primary (person)
+- Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
+- John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
+- Josue O Ortega — primary (person)
+- Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
+- Mara Gorman — primary (person)
+- Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
+- Melanie Ross Levin — primary (person)
+- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
+- Ray Seigfried — primary (person)
+- Ronald E. Gray — primary (person)
+- Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
+- Sarah McBride — primary (person)
+- Shannon Morris — primary (person)
+- Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
+- Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)
+- Trey Paradee — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-22** Introduced and Assigned to Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-10** Reported Out of Committee (Public Safety & Homeland Security) in House with 7 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
+- **2026-03-17** Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 3 ABSENT `passage`
+- **2026-03-17** Assigned to Corrections & Public Safety Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-25** Reported Out of Committee (Corrections & Public Safety) in Senate with 4 Favorable `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-26** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
+- **2026-04-23** 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/f36ea42f-4961-4d01-a86e-a4f863906d76`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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