---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SPECIAL LICENSE OR REGISTRATION PLATES."
description: "SB 164 of the 148th General Assembly created a special license plate for professional paramedics and retired professional paramedics. This Act provides an additional officer, at the county level, to verify an applicant's eligibility for this special license plate."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "149"
identifier: "SB 108"
citation: "Delaware SB 108 (149)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bruce C. Ennis", "Stephen Smyk", "Trey Charles Paradee"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-06-06"
last_action: "2017-08-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/394bcd92-736a-4a6f-9f3b-df449a18308f"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25904"
source_hash: "e81fc6087e966a7cfba8fb82104d9ec8dcb72b1586c1076f0708478490ca62c0"
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 108 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SPECIAL LICENSE OR REGISTRATION PLATES.

SB 164 of the 148th General Assembly created a special license plate for professional paramedics and retired professional paramedics. This Act provides an additional officer, at the county level, to verify an applicant's eligibility for this special license plate.

## 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=25904&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB108)

## Votes

- SM — **41–0** (pass) · lower
- SM — **19–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bruce C. Ennis — primary (person)
- Stephen Smyk — primary (person)
- Trey Charles Paradee — primary (person)
- Deborah Hudson — cosponsor (person)
- Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-06-06** Introduced and Assigned to Transportation Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-06-14** Reported Out of Committee (Transportation) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2017-06-15** Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 1 NO 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2017-06-16** 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`
- **2017-07-02** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
- **2017-08-30** 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/394bcd92-736a-4a6f-9f3b-df449a18308f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).