---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 RELATING TO SUSPENSION OF DRIVER'S LICENSES FOR SCHOOL EXPULSION."
description: "This amendment brings into conformity the provisions of Title 21 with those of Title 14 relating to the revocation of a student’s driving privileges when he or she is expelled from a public school. Prior amendments to Title 14, Section 4130 and Title 21, Section 2707 removed the requirement that the Secretary of the Department of Motor Vehicles revoke a student’s driving privileges upon notice from the superintendent of a public school that the student had been expelled. This amendment accomplishes the intent of those prior amendments by removing surplus language in the parallel section of Title 21."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "150"
identifier: "SB 177"
citation: "Delaware SB 177 (150)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David B. McBride", "Kendra Johnson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-07-31"
last_action: "2020-02-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3f5ffea1-eda5-45b4-99a7-bd648567279c"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=47839"
source_hash: "e4a23182eba504a1b9eb575cc608cbbb08d8f1fa289ba5e13c4853457f8acc40"
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 177 (150) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 RELATING TO SUSPENSION OF DRIVER'S LICENSES FOR SCHOOL EXPULSION.

This amendment brings into conformity the provisions of Title 21 with those of Title 14 relating to the revocation of a student’s driving privileges when he or she is expelled from a public school. Prior amendments to Title 14, Section 4130 and Title 21, Section 2707 removed the requirement that the Secretary of the Department of Motor Vehicles revoke a student’s driving privileges upon notice from the superintendent of a public school that the student had been expelled. This amendment accomplishes the intent of those prior amendments by removing surplus language in the parallel section of Title 21.

## 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=47839&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB177)

## Votes

- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower
- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- David B. McBride — primary (person)
- Kendra Johnson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-07-31** Introduced and Assigned to Transportation Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-01-22** Reported Out of Committee (Transportation) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2020-01-23** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2020-01-24** Assigned to Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-01-29** Reported Out of Committee (Public Safety & Homeland Security) in House with 2 Favorable, 7 On Its Merits `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2020-01-30** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2020-02-10** 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/3f5ffea1-eda5-45b4-99a7-bd648567279c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).