---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO REGISTRATION, TITLE, AND LICENSES OF MOTOR VEHICLES."
description: "This bill would increase the exemption from inspection from 5 years to 7 years."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "149"
identifier: "HB 246"
citation: "Delaware HB 246 (149)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Edward S. Osienski", "Stephanie L. Hansen"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 5
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-06-20"
last_action: "2017-09-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3010397d-b271-4303-93ce-6c0f4a0d490a"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26006"
source_hash: "16d9014348b5e69acaed3013d693b729248a04ff5bddd2bd879ed0402bb634c8"
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 246 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO REGISTRATION, TITLE, AND LICENSES OF MOTOR VEHICLES.

This bill would increase the exemption from inspection from 5 years to 7 years.

## 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=26006&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB246)

## Votes

- SM — **41–0** (pass) · lower
- SM — **20–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
- Stephanie L. Hansen — primary (person)
- David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Helene M. Keeley — cosponsor (person)
- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
- Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-06-20** Introduced and Assigned to Transportation/Land Use and Infrastructure Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-06-21** Reported Out of Committee (Transportation/Land Use and Infrastructure) in House with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2017-06-29** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
- **2017-07-02** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2017-09-21** 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/3010397d-b271-4303-93ce-6c0f4a0d490a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).