---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SPECIAL STOPS REQUIRED AT RAILROAD CROSSINGS."
description: "This Act adds the requirement that vehicles stop at railroad signals for all on-track equipment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "149"
identifier: "SB 233"
citation: "Delaware SB 233 (149)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Edward S. Osienski", "Stephanie L. Hansen"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-06-07"
last_action: "2018-07-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a5f1f7cf-e358-46af-a5e7-1f49309603b8"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26781"
source_hash: "bda27620c8f303df4c390765dcb761e9269d13bfb6ebbd8447afcbc80f3cd1a9"
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 233 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SPECIAL STOPS REQUIRED AT RAILROAD CROSSINGS.

This Act adds the requirement that vehicles stop at railroad signals for all on-track equipment.

## 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=26781&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB233)

## Votes

- SM — **16–0** (pass) · upper
- SM — **41–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
- Stephanie L. Hansen — primary (person)
- Catherine Cloutier — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph E. Miro — cosponsor (person)
- Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy D. Dukes — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-06-07** Introduced and Assigned to Transportation Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-06-13** Reported Out of Committee (Transportation) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2018-06-14** Passed By Senate. Votes: 16 YES 5 ABSENT `passage`
- **2018-06-15** Assigned to Transportation/Land Use and Infrastructure Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-06-20** Reported Out of Committee (Transportation/Land Use and Infrastructure) in House with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2018-06-30** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
- **2018-07-25** 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/a5f1f7cf-e358-46af-a5e7-1f49309603b8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).