---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO LIGHTING EQUIPMENT ON MOTORCYCLES."
description: "This Act explicitly allows ground effect lighting equipment on motorcycles. This extra lighting would increase motorcycle safety by enhancing their visibility."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "149"
identifier: "SB 12"
citation: "Delaware SB 12 (149)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bruce C. Ennis", "Daniel B. Short", "F. Gary Simpson", "John L. Mitchell"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 8
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-12"
last_action: "2017-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/51b86ae4-1acd-40b1-9550-18c7cffb6d2b"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25381"
source_hash: "d3f32d730e6033f8f388cde10b123b3539e637b5551d9a5538a5d874b0de6dc5"
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 12 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO LIGHTING EQUIPMENT ON MOTORCYCLES.

This Act explicitly allows ground effect lighting equipment on motorcycles. This extra lighting would increase motorcycle safety by enhancing their visibility.

## 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=25381&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB12)

## Votes

- SM — **39–0** (pass) · lower
- SM — **17–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bruce C. Ennis — primary (person)
- Daniel B. Short — primary (person)
- F. Gary Simpson — primary (person)
- John L. Mitchell — primary (person)
- Brian J. Bushweller — cosponsor (person)
- Bryant L. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- Bryon H. Short — cosponsor (person)
- Catherine Cloutier — cosponsor (person)
- David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
- Ernesto B Lopez — cosponsor (person)
- Gerald W. Hocker — cosponsor (person)
- Harvey R. Kenton — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph E. Miro — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin S Hensley — cosponsor (person)
- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
- Ronald E. Gray — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy D. Dukes — cosponsor (person)
- Trey Charles Paradee — cosponsor (person)
- William R. Outten — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-12** Introduced and Assigned to Transportation Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-01-17** Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-01-25** Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2017-01-26** Passed By Senate. Votes: 17 YES 3 ABSENT `passage`
- **2017-03-09** Assigned to Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-15** Reported Out of Committee (Public Safety & Homeland Security) in House with 9 On Its Merits, 1 Unfavorable `committee-passage, committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2017-03-16** Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT `passage`
- **2017-04-13** 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/51b86ae4-1acd-40b1-9550-18c7cffb6d2b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).