---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO VEHICLE REGISTRATION."
description: "This Act allows motor vehicles with a registered gross weight of 5,000 pounds or less to be assigned any type of number plate and motor vehicles with a registered gross weight of greater than 5000 pounds but less than 10000 pounds may be assigned any type of number plate except an “RV” plate."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "149"
identifier: "SB 123"
citation: "Delaware SB 123 (149)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian Pettyjohn", "Stephen Smyk"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-06-20"
last_action: "2017-08-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9a32194e-b18d-4b62-88f9-09c7a4a5487d"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26019"
source_hash: "db23b01dca052a432b0190dcae4744188629a75e90ea7b607bdbda1f4d99f1bd"
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 123 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO VEHICLE REGISTRATION.

This Act allows motor vehicles with a registered gross weight of 5,000 pounds or less to be assigned any type of number plate and motor vehicles with a registered gross weight of greater than 5000 pounds but less than 10000 pounds may be assigned any type of number plate except an “RV” 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=26019&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB123)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
- Stephen Smyk — primary (person)
- David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Ernesto B Lopez — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-06-20** Introduced and Assigned to Transportation Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-06-28** Reported Out of Committee (Transportation) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2017-06-29** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2017-06-30** Assigned to Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-07-02** Suspension of Rules in House
- **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/9a32194e-b18d-4b62-88f9-09c7a4a5487d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).