---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ELECTRIC BICYCLES."
description: "This bill defines and regulates electric bicycles. Section 1 adds electric bicycles to the definitions contained in Title 21. Section 2 includes electric bicycle operators and passengers as vulnerable users when on a highway, crosswalk, road shoulder or sidewalk and prescribes rights and responsibilities attendant to the operation of electric bicycles. Section 3 adds electric bicycles to the definition of vehicle."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "151"
identifier: "HB 19"
citation: "Delaware HB 19 (151)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David P. Sokola", "Valerie Longhurst"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-12-04"
last_action: "2022-10-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1a06913a-477d-4d29-9753-0a554efef63d"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=48201"
source_hash: "ed7b91a8db4cbba94e0e03b82e9633ad887441c0013c4356dba573e519415e47"
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 HB 19 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ELECTRIC BICYCLES.

This bill defines and regulates electric bicycles. Section 1 adds electric bicycles to the definitions contained in Title 21. Section 2 includes electric bicycle operators and passengers as vulnerable users when on a highway, crosswalk, road shoulder or sidewalk and prescribes rights and responsibilities attendant to the operation of electric bicycles. Section 3 adds electric bicycles to the definition of vehicle.

## 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=48201&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB19)
2. **HA 2 to HB 19** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=58526&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
3. **SA 1 to HB 19** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=109541&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
4. **SA 2 to HB 19** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=129885&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)

## Votes

- 2/3 — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- 2/3 — **41–0** (pass) · lower
- 2/3 — **41–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
- Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
- Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie T. Bolden — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-12-04** Introduced and Assigned to Transportation/Land Use and Infrastructure Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-09** Amendment HA 1 to HB 19 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-03-09** Amendment HA 1 to HB 19 - Stricken
- **2021-03-09** Reported Out of Committee (Transportation/Land Use and Infrastructure) in House with 7 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-29** Amendment HA 2 to HB 19 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-04-01** Amendment HA 2 to HB 19 - Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-01** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
- **2021-04-01** Assigned to Transportation Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-28** Reported Out of Committee (Transportation) in Senate with 6 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2022-05-18** Amendment SA 1 to HB 19 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-06-30** Amendment SA 2 to HB 19 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-06-30** Amendment SA 1 to HB 19 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `amendment-passage`
- **2022-06-30** Amendment SA 2 to HB 19 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `amendment-passage`
- **2022-06-30** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2022-06-30** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
- **2022-10-26** 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/1a06913a-477d-4d29-9753-0a554efef63d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).