---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 6 AND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PARKING."
description: "This Act clarifies that a person with a special license plate or permit for persons with disabilities may park for an unlimited period where the length of time is otherwise limited and must be able to park in a metered parking space for at least 1 hour. This Act clarifies that it is a violation of the state equal accommodations law to prohibit parking as authorized for a person with a special license plate or permit for persons with disabilities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "151"
identifier: "SB 20"
citation: "Delaware SB 20 (151)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian Pettyjohn", "Michael Ramone"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 8
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-12"
last_action: "2021-09-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e1ab3e31-446f-4fbd-86c1-7ca9f552a05f"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=48239"
source_hash: "1b669d5dfccd939a231be19ac3d71c291d0a4c19feed84f04016521b89ca1690"
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 20 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 6 AND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PARKING.

This Act clarifies that a person with a special license plate or permit for persons with disabilities may park for an unlimited period where the length of time is otherwise limited and must be able to park in a metered parking space for at least 1 hour. This Act clarifies that it is a violation of the state equal accommodations law to prohibit parking as authorized for a person with a special license plate or permit for persons with disabilities.

## 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=48239&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB20)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
- Michael Ramone — primary (person)
- Andria L. Bennett — cosponsor (person)
- David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Gerald W. Hocker — cosponsor (person)
- Michael F. Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Nicole Poore — cosponsor (person)
- Shannon Morris — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-12** Introduced and Assigned to Transportation Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-10** Reported Out of Committee (Transportation) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-18** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2021-03-19** Assigned to Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-28** Reported Out of Committee (Public Safety & Homeland Security) in House with 5 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-18** Suspension of Rules in House
- **2021-06-23** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2021-09-15** 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/e1ab3e31-446f-4fbd-86c1-7ca9f552a05f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).