---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES."
description: "This Act creates a background special license plate for the United Way of Delaware Pride Council."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "152"
identifier: "HB 19"
citation: "Delaware HB 19 (152)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Edward S. Osienski", "Eric Morrison", "Kendra Johnson", "Marie Pinkney", "Nicole Poore", "Paul S. Baumbach", "Peter C. Schwartzkopf", "Sean Matthews", "William Bush"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 6
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-03-19"
last_action: "2024-07-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7afadae3-c359-45f8-bfca-4651f6aa4fa3"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141076"
source_hash: "4d062bd22d7447700c99a9063f0c18eedc6a0700cc60c85401b5b95d1503bbde"
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 19 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES.

This Act creates a background special license plate for the United Way of Delaware Pride Council.

## 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=141076&legislationTypeId=6&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HS1forHB19)

## Votes

- 3/5 — **34–1** (pass) · lower
- 3/5 — **21–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
- Eric Morrison — primary (person)
- Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
- Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
- Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
- Sean Matthews — primary (person)
- William Bush — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-03-19** was introduced and adopted in lieu of HB 19 `introduction`
- **2024-03-26** Passed By House. Votes: 34 YES 1 NO 6 ABSENT `passage`
- **2024-03-26** Assigned to Environment, Energy & Transportation Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-21** Reported Out of Committee (Environment, Energy & Transportation) in Senate with 6 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2024-06-18** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2024-07-17** 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/7afadae3-c359-45f8-bfca-4651f6aa4fa3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).