---
type: "Bill"
title: "HONORING OUR GOLD STAR MOTHERS AND GOLD STAR FAMILIES BY DESIGNATING DELAWARE ROUTE 202 TO, “GOLD STAR HIGHWAY HONORING FAMILIES OF FALLEN SERVICE MEMBERS.”"
description: "This resolution honors our Gold Star Mothers and Gold Star Families by designating Delaware Route 202 to, “Gold Star Highway Honoring Families of Fallen Service Members.”"
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "149"
identifier: "SJR 3"
citation: "Delaware SJR 3 (149)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anthony Delcollo", "Bruce C. Ennis", "Charles Potter Jr.", "Deborah Hudson", "Debra Heffernan", "Earl G. Jaques Jr.", "Gregory F. Lavelle", "Sean Matthews"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 6
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-06-28"
last_action: "2017-09-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a4a89b2c-b59e-4ef3-9614-272ae62aca3b"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26112"
source_hash: "c1c9af05316401b4b9f925e2dc3619345e33c11837077f1a75f7b7323148998a"
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 SJR 3 (149) — HONORING OUR GOLD STAR MOTHERS AND GOLD STAR FAMILIES BY DESIGNATING DELAWARE ROUTE 202 TO, “GOLD STAR HIGHWAY HONORING FAMILIES OF FALLEN SERVICE MEMBERS.”

This resolution honors our Gold Star Mothers and Gold Star Families by designating Delaware Route 202 to, “Gold Star Highway Honoring Families of Fallen Service Members.”

## 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=26112&legislationTypeId=4&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SJR3)

## Votes

- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower
- SM — **15–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Anthony Delcollo — primary (person)
- Bruce C. Ennis — primary (person)
- Charles Potter Jr. — primary (person)
- Deborah Hudson — primary (person)
- Debra Heffernan — primary (person)
- Earl G. Jaques Jr. — primary (person)
- Gregory F. Lavelle — primary (person)
- Sean Matthews — primary (person)
- Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
- Bryon H. Short — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel B. Short — cosponsor (person)
- David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Ernesto B Lopez — cosponsor (person)
- Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
- Gerald W. Hocker — cosponsor (person)
- Helene M. Keeley — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph E. Miro — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin S Hensley — cosponsor (person)
- Melanie George Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Ramone — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Marshall — cosponsor (person)
- Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie T. Bolden — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy D. Dukes — cosponsor (person)
- Trey Charles Paradee — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-06-28** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2017-06-28** Rules Suspension in Senate
- **2017-06-28** Passed By Senate. Votes: 15 YES 6 ABSENT `passage`
- **2017-06-28** Rules Suspension in House
- **2017-06-28** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2017-09-25** 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/a4a89b2c-b59e-4ef3-9614-272ae62aca3b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).