---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES."
description: "This bill creates a new vehicle license plate promoting and supporting Keep Delaware Beautiful. This new non-profit organization, affiliated with Keep America Beautiful, has a mission of undertaking initiatives that will beautify Delaware and reduce litter."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "149"
identifier: "HB 237"
citation: "Delaware HB 237 (149)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Richard G. Collins", "Stephanie L. Hansen"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-06-15"
last_action: "2018-02-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fd88774b-4943-4a9a-b9eb-f403f75f11aa"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25989"
source_hash: "f0a5ee70dda46e43f11ec78a48029bf3fad932d45f3748422a139bfa8784bc6c"
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 237 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES.

This bill creates a new vehicle license plate promoting and supporting Keep Delaware Beautiful. This new non-profit organization, affiliated with Keep America Beautiful, has a mission of undertaking initiatives that will beautify Delaware and reduce litter.

## 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=25989&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB237)

## Votes

- 3/5 — **40–0** (pass) · lower
- 3/5 — **19–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Richard G. Collins — primary (person)
- Stephanie L. Hansen — primary (person)
- Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
- David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Deborah Hudson — cosponsor (person)
- John J. Viola — cosponsor (person)
- Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-06-15** Introduced and Assigned to Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-06-21** Reported Out of Committee (Public Safety & Homeland Security) in House with 8 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2018-01-16** Amendment HA 1 to HB 237 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-01-16** Amendment HA 1 to HB 237 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2018-01-16** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES `passage`
- **2018-01-17** Assigned to Transportation Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-24** Reported Out of Committee (Transportation) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2018-01-25** Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT `passage`
- **2018-02-14** 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/fd88774b-4943-4a9a-b9eb-f403f75f11aa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).