---
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).