---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE USE OF ELECTRONIC TRAFFIC MONITORING FOR VEHICLE OBSTRUCTIONS SYSTEM."
description: "Delaware’s Motor Vehicle Statutes contemplate for vehicle obstructing traffic enforcement by law enforcement agencies. It is not always possible for law enforcement officers to enforce the right-of-way regulations in areas effectively due to a number of considerations, including officer availability and safety. This bill would enable the state and municipal authorities to enforce right-of-way regulations in identified areas more effectively. This bill only imposes civil penalties for violations and does not impose points on an individual’s driver’s license."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "151"
identifier: "HB 490"
citation: "Delaware HB 490 (151)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Daniel B. Short", "Ernesto B. Lopez", "Peter C. Schwartzkopf"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 9
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-06-13"
last_action: "2022-10-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c8cd2418-db3f-40ec-a095-04e460e5ccff"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=129687"
source_hash: "f60e318aff82710799adbad65a3329dde29223b17fa99f33767f5298cf45bde6"
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 490 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE USE OF ELECTRONIC TRAFFIC MONITORING FOR VEHICLE OBSTRUCTIONS SYSTEM.

Delaware’s Motor Vehicle Statutes contemplate for vehicle obstructing traffic enforcement by law enforcement agencies. It is not always possible for law enforcement officers to enforce the right-of-way regulations in areas effectively due to a number of considerations, including officer availability and safety. This bill would enable the state and municipal authorities to enforce right-of-way regulations in identified areas more effectively. This bill only imposes civil penalties for violations and does not impose points on an individual’s driver’s license.

## 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=129687&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB490)
2. **HA 1 to HB 490** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=129799&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)

## Votes

- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower
- SM — **18–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Daniel B. Short — primary (person)
- Ernesto B. Lopez — primary (person)
- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
- Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
- David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
- Gerald W. Hocker — cosponsor (person)
- John "Jack" Walsh — cosponsor (person)
- Sherae'a Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Stephen Smyk — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-06-13** Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-16** Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 3 On Its Merits, 1 Unfavorable `committee-passage, committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2022-06-21** Amendment HA 1 to HB 490 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-06-21** Amendment HA 1 to HB 490 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2022-06-21** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2022-06-21** Assigned to Transportation Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-28** Reported Out of Committee (Transportation) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-30** Passed By Senate. Votes: 18 YES 3 NO `passage`
- **2022-10-21** 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/c8cd2418-db3f-40ec-a095-04e460e5ccff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).