---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO OPERATION OF VEHICLES ON APPROACH OF AUTHORIZED EMERGENCY VEHICLES."
description: "This Act prescribes specific fines for violating § 4134 of Title 21. Previously, a violation of § 4134 would have been subject to the penalties outlined in § 4205 of Title 21. The amount of the penalties in § 4205 are as follows: for a first offense, a fine of not less than $25 nor more than $75. For each subsequent like offense, a fine of not less than $57.50 nor more than $95. Section 4205 is a general penalty provision that establishes penalties for violations of Chapter 41 of Title 21 or Chapter 42 of Title 21 in the event that the penalties are not otherwise prescribed."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "151"
identifier: "SB 126"
citation: "Delaware SB 126 (151)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David L. Wilson", "William J. Carson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-05-05"
last_action: "2022-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c5680499-b724-46bf-b61a-4b4bd1c1e873"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=68657"
source_hash: "5ec9139bfa8421b2b0df4d9bc360e12d165fc3e4d7a0922c48c16b9a204bd1a6"
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 126 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO OPERATION OF VEHICLES ON APPROACH OF AUTHORIZED EMERGENCY VEHICLES.

This Act prescribes specific fines for violating § 4134 of Title 21. Previously, a violation of § 4134 would have been subject to the penalties outlined in § 4205 of Title 21. The amount of the penalties in § 4205 are as follows: for a first offense, a fine of not less than $25 nor more than $75. For each subsequent like offense, a fine of not less than $57.50 nor more than $95. Section 4205 is a general penalty provision that establishes penalties for violations of Chapter 41 of Title 21 or Chapter 42 of Title 21 in the event that the penalties are not otherwise prescribed.

## 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=68657&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB126)

## Votes

- SM — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- David L. Wilson — primary (person)
- William J. Carson — primary (person)
- Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
- Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
- Bryant L. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel B. Short — cosponsor (person)
- Dave G. Lawson — cosponsor (person)
- Franklin D. Cooke — cosponsor (person)
- Gerald W. Hocker — cosponsor (person)
- John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
- Ronald E. Gray — cosponsor (person)
- Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
- Sherry Dorsey Walker — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-05-05** Introduced and Assigned to Corrections & Public Safety Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-20** Reported Out of Committee (Corrections & Public Safety) in Senate with 6 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2021-06-08** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2021-06-09** Assigned to Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-16** Reported Out of Committee (Public Safety & Homeland Security) in House with 2 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-15** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2022-04-13** 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/c5680499-b724-46bf-b61a-4b4bd1c1e873`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).