---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES."
description: "This Act expands applicability of the Delaware State Fair Centennial Limited Edition Special License Plate to vehicles with a manufacturer's gross vehicle weight rating of up to 26,000 pounds, and clarifies that vehicles owned by artificial entities qualify for this plate. This Act also removes a provision regarding vans, as that language is antiquated and no longer necessary."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "150"
identifier: "SB 42"
citation: "Delaware SB 42 (150)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David L. Wilson", "Jesse R. Vanderwende", "William J. Carson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-03-14"
last_action: "2019-06-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a961e409-0a8d-4804-bacd-3754ad9f2761"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=47205"
source_hash: "d1d804944a69e7c51d51aa41603232282c17e9e712829a336a5c8e0a7542a2e9"
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 42 (150) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES.

This Act expands applicability of the Delaware State Fair Centennial Limited Edition Special License Plate to vehicles with a manufacturer's gross vehicle weight rating of up to 26,000 pounds, and clarifies that vehicles owned by artificial entities qualify for this plate. This Act also removes a provision regarding vans, as that language is antiquated and no longer necessary.

## 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=47205&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB42)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- David L. Wilson — primary (person)
- Jesse R. Vanderwende — primary (person)
- William J. Carson — primary (person)
- Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
- Dave G. Lawson — cosponsor (person)
- Ernesto B Lopez — cosponsor (person)
- Lyndon D. Yearick — cosponsor (person)
- Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
- Shannon Morris — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-14** Introduced and Assigned to Transportation Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-27** Reported Out of Committee (Transportation) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-09** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2019-04-11** Assigned to Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-08** Reported Out of Committee (Public Safety & Homeland Security) in House with 5 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-05-09** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2019-06-13** 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/a961e409-0a8d-4804-bacd-3754ad9f2761`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).