---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SIZE AND WEIGHT OF VEHICLES AND LOADS AND MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY - RESPONSIBILITY."
description: "This Bill codifies Delaware’s compatibility with certain sections of the Federal Code of Regulations related to weight of vehicles and loads and commercial vehicle safety. Delaware enforces violations contained in the Code of Federal Regulations Parts 374, 385, and 386 and wishes to formally adopt those parts and any subsequent amendments thereto."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "150"
identifier: "SB 54"
citation: "Delaware SB 54 (150)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bruce C. Ennis", "William J. Carson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-03-20"
last_action: "2019-07-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4e412c16-d0e9-4f7e-acc2-ccfbeb86d6ba"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=47241"
source_hash: "a76013e17ea05f95ee0a34adf49b5e8858a34235e271447a4f39da90f6d12b9c"
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 54 (150) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SIZE AND WEIGHT OF VEHICLES AND LOADS AND MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY - RESPONSIBILITY.

This Bill codifies Delaware’s compatibility with certain sections of the Federal Code of Regulations related to weight of vehicles and loads and commercial vehicle safety. Delaware enforces violations contained in the Code of Federal Regulations Parts 374, 385, and 386 and wishes to formally adopt those parts and any subsequent amendments thereto.

## 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=47241&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB54)

## Votes

- SM — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- 2/3 — **41–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bruce C. Ennis — primary (person)
- William J. Carson — primary (person)
- David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
- John J. Viola — cosponsor (person)
- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
- Trey Paradee — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-20** 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`
- **2019-03-28** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2019-04-04** Assigned to Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-17** Reported Out of Committee (Public Safety & Homeland Security) in House with 1 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-06-26** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
- **2019-07-04** 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/4e412c16-d0e9-4f7e-acc2-ccfbeb86d6ba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).