---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PENALTIES FOR USING AN UNAUTHORIZED VEHICLE REGISTRATION PLATE."
description: "This Act makes the use of an unauthorized vehicle registration plate a moving violation. This Act also clarifies penalties for using an unauthorized vehicle registration plate and that the use of an unauthorized vehicle registration plate is grounds for failing a vehicle inspection."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "151"
identifier: "SB 333"
citation: "Delaware SB 333 (151)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Trey Paradee", "William Bush"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 9
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-06-21"
last_action: "2022-10-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/30b47c88-caee-42a0-8502-59c596786a0d"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=129803"
source_hash: "0bce052e93f4764838ac87bc6ab54f3d995311ffd3a03c7011af60078140a4a3"
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 333 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PENALTIES FOR USING AN UNAUTHORIZED VEHICLE REGISTRATION PLATE.

This Act makes the use of an unauthorized vehicle registration plate a moving violation. This Act also clarifies penalties for using an unauthorized vehicle registration plate and that the use of an unauthorized vehicle registration plate is grounds for failing a vehicle inspection.

## 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=129803&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB333)
2. **HA 1 to SB 333** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=129881&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)

## Votes

- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- SM — **36–5** (pass) · lower
- SM — **20–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Trey Paradee — primary (person)
- William Bush — primary (person)
- David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- S. Elizabeth Lockman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-06-21** Introduced and Assigned to Transportation Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-28** Reported Out of Committee (Transportation) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-28** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 NO `passage`
- **2022-06-29** Assigned to Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-29** Reported Out of Committee (Public Safety & Homeland Security) in House with 7 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2022-06-30** Amendment HA 1 to SB 333 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2022-06-30** Passed By House. Votes: 36 YES 5 NO `passage`
- **2022-06-30** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2022-10-03** 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/30b47c88-caee-42a0-8502-59c596786a0d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).