---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 7 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO STATE PARKS."
description: "Current law grants an active Delaware volunteer firefighter, active Delaware volunteer EMT, or life-member of a Delaware volunteer fire department who is a Delaware resident a free surf fishing vehicle permit each year. Current law allows an active Delaware volunteer firefighter, active Delaware volunteer EMT, or life-member of a Delaware volunteer fire department who is not a Delaware resident to purchase a surf fishing vehicle permit each year at the Delaware resident rate."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "151"
identifier: "SB 92"
citation: "Delaware SB 92 (151)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian Pettyjohn", "Daniel B. Short"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 8
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-23"
last_action: "2021-09-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e45231c4-6004-4caa-81e6-28df96899e47"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=48499"
source_hash: "df1eab2dc98cc52e387ac4006fdbff82f6326af09938aa20f5fca0a23755cd4c"
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 92 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 7 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO STATE PARKS.

Current law grants an active Delaware volunteer firefighter, active Delaware volunteer EMT, or life-member of a Delaware volunteer fire department who is a Delaware resident a free surf fishing vehicle permit each year. Current law allows an active Delaware volunteer firefighter, active Delaware volunteer EMT, or life-member of a Delaware volunteer fire department who is not a Delaware resident to purchase a surf fishing vehicle permit each year at the Delaware resident rate.

## 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=48499&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB92)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
- Daniel B. Short — primary (person)
- Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
- David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Gerald W. Hocker — cosponsor (person)
- John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin S Hensley — cosponsor (person)
- Lyndon D. Yearick — cosponsor (person)
- Michael F. Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Richard G. Collins — cosponsor (person)
- Ronald E. Gray — cosponsor (person)
- Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-23** Introduced and Assigned to Environment & Energy Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-13** Reported Out of Committee (Environment & Energy) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-19** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2021-05-20** Assigned to Natural Resources Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-29** Reported Out of Committee (Natural Resources) in House with 6 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2021-06-29** Suspension of Rules in House
- **2021-06-30** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2021-09-17** 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/e45231c4-6004-4caa-81e6-28df96899e47`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).